> The upper middle class don’t need to use public transport

Their kids still ride the school busses. Upper-middle class aren't in a position to hire a limo and driver to take the kids to school.

> and have no issues paying for childcare

Typically because both parents are working high pressure jobs, which makes childcare a mandatory expense, not a luxury.

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avazhi 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Plenty of those in the upper middle class can just drive their kids to school. Some of them are taking a bus, sure, but not most.

You and some of these other responders are clearly conflating the middle class and the UPPER middle class. The upper middle class made >$160k in 2025.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_middle_class_in_the_Unit...

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jcranmer an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I grew up in an upper middle class household, and the vast majority of my cohort in high school were also upper middle class, judging by the professions of their parents and the nature of their homes when I visited for group projects and the like.

Most of the kids took the bus, unless they were old enough to drive themselves.

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swiftcoder an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> The upper middle class made >$160k in 2025

I was figuring upper middle class was around 2x that (250-400k) in desirable areas like the Bay Area/Seattle/NYC. Which after mortgage/rent, car payments, school fees... still isn't private-limo or even stay-at-home-parent money

	▲	avazhi 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> I was figuring upper middle class was around 2x that (250-400k) in desirable areas like the Bay Area/Seattle/NYC. Which after mortgage/rent, car payments, school fees... still isn't private-limo or even stay-at-home-parent money Nobody said anybody is taking a limo, I have no clue where this straw man obsession of yours even came from. Depending on which part of the country you’re in, 160k absolutely is stay at home money for the (most likely) wife, who would also be picking up the kid(s). Sure, that isn’t upper middle class money in San Francisco or NYC, but it was surely obvious nobody was saying it was in this context lol. Legit this thing with you and limos is so weird. You realise limos basically don’t even exist anymore except as a gag for high school proms, right?