Reply #166: No, it totally depends on where you live [View All]

[conflictgirl]

We are supporting a family of 5 on about $50K a year and we feel pretty damn comfortable. Granted, our cars are 4 and 8 years old, but we have a very nice house in a neighborhood with good schools and a little bit of money in savings.

$100K a year would enable us to get hybrid vehicles and set up college funds for the kids, so I guess if you consider not having enough money for those things "poor", then we are. But in some areas $100K is still a hell of a lot of money.