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Re:Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America by buzzdenver on Thursday October 19, 2017 @02:51AM (#15505948)
Maybe you feel middle class among the people that you're friends with, but the facts are that in the US, $85k puts you in the top third and $120k in the top fifth, so $250k which is top 4.3% is far from middle for most definitions of it.

https://dqydj.com/household-income-percentile-calculator-201...

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Re:Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America by tsunamifury on Thursday October 19, 2017 @06:41PM (#15512152)
I think this data is being very generous. The Tax Policy Center pins the 1% threshold at 750k+
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