<p>I am starting to see or understand a broader range of what could constitute middle class - maybe it has to do with people acting like what I perceive to be middle class because of the high cost of living in certain areas. So that despite income of $200k, the family has a modest home, two old cars, public schooling, no vacations and little savings which seems to me like middle class.</p>
<p>I was looking for @2018dad to respond with some details and make me believe he is middle class (he said his income is slightly higher than the OP’s family and, ‘believe me, we are middle class’) - maybe he lives in a high cost and high tax area and has two old cars, a modest home, public schools, no vacations, little savings, no second home or rental, etc.</p>