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Sympthsical

(10,411 posts) Wed Nov 27, 2024, 02:07 PM Nov 27

Curious about DU's economic strata [View all]

Because there's a lot of dialogue about whether or not Americans are actually struggling. I'm curious to know what direction perspectives are angling from.

No numbers or anything like that. Just a sense of how people are generally doing. There are always polls about DU demographics, but I can't recall one about its economic composition.

149 votes, 2 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Pretty Comfortable - Bills paid, amenities afforded, vacations can be taken
	69 (46%)
	Stable - Bills paid with enough left over to not stress
	42 (28%)
	Anxious - Bills paid, but you're one life emergency away from losing it
	29 (19%)
	Struggling - Paycheck to paycheck. A flat tire can ruin a month.
	7 (5%)
	Threadbare - You sometimes decide between which bills to pay and rotate around to keep your head above water
	1 (1%)
	Poverty - You're making choices between shelter, utilities, and food much of the time.
	1 (1%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Curious about DU's economic strata [View all] Sympthsical Nov 27 OP

I wonder where the Duers who keep harping on about how good the economy is fits in here. SunImp Nov 27 #1

"Harping"? maxsolomon Dec 5 #36

We we're planning a major upgrade inside our house, but we've put that off indefinitely. CrispyQ Nov 27 #2

We saved to do the same since son and gra sonmoved home Lifeafter70 Nov 27 #28

I bounce between Comfortable and Stable... Innocent Smith Nov 27 #3

There was one a couple of years ago XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #4

Given age demographics Sympthsical Nov 27 #6

This is a bad idea leftstreet Nov 27 #5

People have been honest about such things in the past Sympthsical Nov 27 #10

Maybe a poll asking how members perceive others are doing in US leftstreet Nov 27 #11

I didn't think it was a good idea at first. Mike 03 Nov 27 #22

Threadbare at best mvd Nov 27 #7

If you and your mom cannot get affordable housing XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #8

Hard to say. But my mom has a good lawyer mvd Nov 27 #12

I'm saying this out of concern... XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #13

I do think about it a lot mvd Nov 27 #16

Good luck XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #17

My adult life has run the strata GreenEyedLefty Nov 27 #9

Poverty is expensive Sympthsical Nov 27 #14

I have "poverty brain" too, but a little different Just_Vote_Dem Nov 27 #25

...rotate through streaming services... yardwork Nov 27 #26

My old cars always knew XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #15

My Toyota RAV4 is almost 24 years old. Mike 03 Nov 27 #21

I had grinded up to stable and now am back to paycheck to paycheck TheKentuckian Nov 27 #18

A Post About DU Prairie Gates Nov 27 #19

"The solution to higher prices is higher prices." W_HAMILTON Nov 27 #20

We're all about to get a lot poorer. Scrivener7 Nov 27 #23

Pass ProfessorGAC Nov 27 #24

Do tell! Abolishinist Nov 28 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author happybird Nov 27 #27

Reinvented myself 4 times Kilgore Nov 27 #29

Damn Polybius Nov 28 #30

I've come back from the brink of bankruptcy twice dickthegrouch Dec 5 #35

Most of the older members already know about me. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 28 #32

I'm stable right now, but I'm not sure how long I can be there. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 28 #33

Americans not in the habit of saving money as some other countries are. Not so much about how much you make, it's betsuni Nov 28 #34