ADarkDraconis
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No, you're saved (from insinuating God-botherers).
I am still astounded by this because Aldi here in the States is generally a poorer grocery store, a discount shop with dented tins and discontinued goods amd somewhat questionable produce.
Or it means that it described you as established middle class with a definition of criteria and you do not meet one or more of those, so by its very definition it eliminates you from being it. It said I was the very same, and that it is the second richest class. By that defining point I am definitely out as we are a one-income family on a modest budget and are considered lower income here; we spend wisely while living within our means. I may have an education, manners, and 'classy' hobbies or acquaintances so it tossed me in there but money-wise I certainly do not fit that bill.
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I certainly do not fit the part I highlighted in bold, which is before the generalizations. I only fit the top two points as well, but I feel that economical nature of it is also very definitive. It would be akin to someone not born into wealth and working at McDonalds scraping by being ranked as in the Elite, not that they don't have class and taste but they also do have have the income that defines that category.No - it gives general descriptors not rigid definitions - missing one of the descriptors does not invalidate the allocation to that category - I don't tick the three at the bottom, but my lifestyle is undoubtedly bang on the category.
Established middle class
Percentage of population 25%
Average age 46
This is the most gregarious and the second wealthiest of all the class groups:
- People in this group enjoy a diverse range of cultural activities
- They socialise with a broad range of people
- Many work in management or the traditional professions
- Most come from middle class backgrounds
- They often live outside urban areas
I play in a brass band. From a "cool" perspective, these are the only people we get to look down on!
It said di-verse, not de-ranged.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with people I don't know Morris dancing in a village far, far away.It said di-verse, not de-ranged.
I certainly do not fit the part I highlighted in bold,
Quote from my son aged about 8. "Can we go to Waitrose, Mum? The cars in the car park are better."
Or to put it another way, they don't have class in America, only money.@ADarkDraconis , isn't class in the US more about wealth unlike the many subtle cues that the British use to come over all Judgy McJudgeface about each other?
Or to put it another way, they don't have class in America, only money.