What Class are You?

[the Teuton]

In other words, a healthy mix of homeless, bankrupt and lower class.

I prefer the more politically correct term:  College Student.  Thanks.

[dazzleman]

Adam, I'm always in search of bad influences.  The WT world is so much more exciting than the pain vanilla world I have to inhabit on a daily basis..:P

[Onslaught]

These days, if you're not facing imminent foreclosure, you're at least upper middle class...

Let's see
34 almost 35 years old.
Home is paid for.
Car is paid for.
No Credit card debt.
But not all that much money in the bank. Or not as much as I'd like.

I'm ok then!

[Rich]

The class of 2001!

And the class of the field on race day

[dazzleman]

Onslaught -
I'd take your situation over having a little money in the bank, but massive debt.

Having a home that's paid for is phenomenal at your age.  How did you manage that?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Adam, I'm always in search of bad influences.  The WT world is so much more exciting than the pain vanilla world I have to inhabit on a daily basis..:P

You should buy a weekend vacation home in a trailer park. Don't forget to pack some sweat pants, wife beaters, and a rack of Bud Light. Also, that BMW will stick out like... well, like a BMW in a trailer park. You'll need something along the lines of a 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with no hubcaps.

[dazzleman]

Maybe you can help me locate a good trailer park...:P

[Eye of the Tiger]

Maybe you can help me locate a good trailer park...:P

you wish maybe I could help you locate a good trailer park 

[dazzleman]

I've actually seen some trailer parks that were pretty nice.

[Vinsanity]

You should have an option for "ghetto fabulous".




But I guess that's kind of what I already chose

[dazzleman]

Ghetto fabulous.  That's a good one, man.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I've actually seen some trailer parks that were pretty nice.

If you want to be WT on the weekends, you need to find a trashy one.

[dazzleman]

The only one that was pretty close to me was sold and turned into a shopping center.  I don't think it was even very trashy.

There are some really bad ones up in northern Vermont but that's sort of far to travel.

I might have better luck if I go ghetto -- a different variation on the same basic theme.

[the Teuton]

The only one that was pretty close to me was sold and turned into a shopping center.  I don't think it was even very trashy.

There are some really bad ones up in northern Vermont but that's sort of far to travel.

I might have better luck if I go ghetto -- a different variation on the same basic theme.

You strike me as the kind of person who would have a really hard time fitting into a ghetto.  I'd have a hard time; you'd have a harder time.  All of the urbanites would just laugh at you and steal your BMW...no, they'd just stare at you in awe, wondering why the hell you were there. 

[dazzleman]

LOL....They'd probably think I was an FBI agent or something like that.

[Vinsanity]

nah...all he needs to do is mimic the mannerisms of this guy



except he needs at least 3 or 4 gold teef

[the Teuton]

And a 3XL Scarface t-shirt...and the ability to walk and hold his crotch at the same time.

[Rupert]

People aren't giving serious answers.  I seriously doubt we have 2 billionaires, and 3 homeless guys....

Of course we aren't giving serious answers. It's a dumb poll.

But I'm a billionaire IRL, anyway.

[dazzleman]

I don't think it's dumb.  It's a serious question.

[The Pirate]

So, of those voting seriously, who is with me in the lower class category? 

[the Teuton]

So, of those voting seriously, who is with me in the lower class category? 

It costs me less to live for a month than it does to pay Dave's car payment.

I'm a "student."  That is all.

[Vinsanity]

Well, whatever "upper lower class" is, I guess I'll stick with that. Or maybe "lower upper class". Depends on how you look at it.

[Rupert]

I don't think it's dumb.  It's a serious question.

Yeah, but a dumb one. This is pretty much a survey of what class people think they are in. Also, so very many of the members here are dependent on their parents to varying degrees. If someone is a student with upper middle class parents, and the parents pay for rent and nothing else, but the person has a part-time job and a crappy car they paid for themselves, where do they fit?

[dazzleman]

I don't think you're lower class Adam.  For a student like you, your class should be determined more by your expected earning power after graduation.

[The Pirate]

It costs me less to live for a month than it does to pay Dave's car payment.

I'm a "student."  That is all.

That's crazy, because I'm pretty sure Dave has no car payment. 

And I meant who voted 'lower class.'

[the Teuton]

That's crazy, because I'm pretty sure Dave has no car payment. 

And I meant who voted 'lower class.'

Crap, then somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 of Raza's car payment.

[dazzleman]

Good question Psilos.  Economic class can be very subjective.

For those dependent on parents, I would factor in that support and judge their economic class based on lifestyle, at least up to a certain age.

There's also the matter of potential class vs. actual.  When I was first working, I rented a small apartment, but I was always on an upper middle class track. 

[Eye of the Tiger]

So, of those voting seriously, who is with me in the lower class category? 

+1

[dazzleman]

Adam, apparently you're the only WT on the forum....:P

[dazzleman]

That's crazy, because I'm pretty sure Dave has no car payment. 

And I meant who voted 'lower class.'

You're right.  I don't have a car payment.  I am very debt averse.