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Social class- how do you define it + what class am I?

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would an immigrant builder who earns about 90-100k still be classed as working class?

Or an immigrant restaurant owner who earns over 100k be middle class?

or is this all subjective to different people?
Original post by BullViagra
would an immigrant builder who earns about 90-100k still be classed as working class?

Or an immigrant restaurant owner who earns over 100k be middle class?

or is this all subjective to different people?


Wayne Rooney has out-earned us all and likely will have earned more than any of us in our entire lives yet he's still known as 'king of the chavs'
Yep, it's more than money. It's also how you self-identify and how other members of your economic group see you, together with things like whether you know which knife and fork to use or whether you make an effort to immerse yourself in "highbrow" cultural experiences like going to museums, theatre, art galleries, and the opera (and being able to appreciate things like that). So it's a mix of money + education + culture + stuff like the way you try to speak.

This isn't necessarily the way I see it, but I think that's the way a lot of people judge what class you belong to.
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Original post by JamesN88
The real divide IMO is between people who call their parents mummy and daddy into their teens and people who don't.

My aunt used to call my nanna & grandad mummy and daddy & they were traditional working class. My aunt is very middle class now though she's a realtor (estate agent) in california married to a retired airline pilot. I think you can be a mixture of working & middle class like I am. Sadly though, most of UK society is definately working or middle class.
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Celebraties are in a class of their own & can afford to belong to any class they want.

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