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"Is someone making more than $400,000 per year rich?" Yes. Next question.

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"Is someone making more than $400,000 per year rich?" Yes. Next question.

Why, oh, why does this keep coming up?

Parker Molloy
Oct 1, 2021
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"Is someone making more than $400,000 per year rich?" Yes. Next question.

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Every so often, someone on Twitter will ask whether or not people making $400,000 per year are “rich.” Without fail, someone will respond by saying that it depends on where the hypothetical person with their hypothetical $400,000 per year lives.

Let’s set something straight: if you make $400,000 per year, you’re in the top 2%.

I feel like if you phrased t…

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