Hey, no snobbery intended. I just found your example a bit ludicrous. Do you really consider $200K HH income to be middle class (or at least the type of common man class you’re trying to describe)? Don’t blame me because house prices are out of whack. People who make that kind of money have higher expectations.

I shared a room with my brother too (although we had no upstairs), but that is irrelevant to my comment.

Good for people who try to make the best out of what they’ve got in life. That too, is irrelevant to my comment.

People, given a choice and especially with what should be adequate means, don’t want to raise their family in a $500,000 condo or small beatdown house. That, is relevant.