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**exOBCstudent** · 03-15-2012, 01:26 PM

My grandparents would probably ace that test...but they're now Californians so that says it all! Tongue

**boymom** · 03-15-2012, 01:34 PM

I got a 36, although for some of the questions I substituted my husband's experiences.

amyrose5 · 03-15-2012, 01:40 PM

To give you an idea of the people inside the bubble...

People on the other forum are now discussing how they don't understand why it would be perceived as bad that they score very low when it just means they are not "white trash" or "welfare queens".

So there you go. They may be proving the author's point.

dramaturge · 03-15-2012, 01:49 PM

I made a 43.

This was the most accurate segment of the range for me:
"42–100: A first-generation middle-class person with working-class parents and average television and movie going habits. Typical: 66."

Elijah Craig · (This post was last modified: 03-15-2012 02:00 PM by Elijah Craig.)

66.

Grew up on a dirt road. Dad was a union construction worker. I'm the only male member of either side of the family who is not a blue collar worker. Currently live in a town of 17,000, twice that with suburbs. I don't hunt or fish but such was a part of my childhood and teen years. I have epilepsy so I never went in the military.

I am first generation upper middle class. Adjusted for inflation I'd say I'm equal with the income my family had growing up, and I have blue collar friends that make more than me. So "upper middle class" is kind of a meaningless term at least when it comes to financial position.

I have two or three female relatives who are in what would be considered lower upper class... all three by marrying well although one was upper class in her own right before she became a housewife. I am the fourth member of the family to graduate college (first three were female) and the second to pursue graduate education. I never finished seminary but a female relative did finish law school. She did it just to say she could, worked long enough to pay off her loans, and became a housewife.

dramaturge · 03-15-2012, 01:50 PM

(03-15-2012 01:40 PM)amyrose5 Wrote: To give you an idea of the people inside the bubble...

People on the other forum are now discussing how they don't understand why it would be perceived as bad that they score very low when it just means they are not "white trash" or "welfare queens".

So there you go. They may be proving the author's point.

Hah. I think they definitely are. Figure skating is a notoriously expensive sport to be in, and rather upper class to even follow when not the Olympics. It's not that surprising that the discussion is tending that way.

dthatcher · 03-15-2012, 01:51 PM

I got a 41. Which means I am just on the upper-middle-class side of the divide. I've been exposed to both the upper-middle class bubble and the working-class bubble. I have family in each and in case you wonder about that discrepancy, let's just say people didn't get along. I think the upper-middle class bubble can get stupid (think "Weeds" or "Suburgatory") and the working class bubble can get stupid (think "King of the Hill"). I, for one, would like to enjoy the economic self-sufficiency and education of the upper-middle class while maintaining the unpretentiousness of the working class.

**laurat99** · 03-15-2012, 02:01 PM

I got a 43. I imagine this survey was developed for all the people who live in suburbs and haven't strayed too far from how they were raised. I can hear the sneer in the questions about evangelicals, pick up trucks, fishing, chain restaurants and especially Branson. My parents were definately middle-class and encouraged me to make decisions as a teenager and young adult that helped me land in the state I'm in today.

Interesting quiz. Thanks for posting.

amyrose5 · 03-15-2012, 02:08 PM

(03-15-2012 01:50 PM)dramaturge Wrote: Hah. I think they definitely are. Figure skating is a notoriously expensive sport to be in, and rather upper class to even follow when not the Olympics. It's not that surprising that the discussion is tending that way.

Oh, definitely. At this point, you have to pay a subscription fee to access competitions online just to watch most of them in the U.S. And these are the people who just cannot comprehend how paying to watch could hurt the sport's general popularity. Many of the ones in that thread are also the ones who attend multiple senior level comps per year, many requiring international travel. I've never been to a comp at all. I thought I never would get to do that, but U.S. Nationals is 35 miles away next January and my mom and I splurged for tickets--which we consider a once in a lifetime. And, at that, she had to pay upfront and I am paying her back slowly for mine.

This forum has a get together at every comp...but I really think we will skip that as I am pretty sure we would not fit in. As it is, they are upset that they will be in the Midwest and are fairly certain they won't be able to eat in Omaha as we have no ethnic restaurants or real food (not even close to true!). Initially, they were certain that Omaha's bid would not win as they thought there were not hotels or an accessible airport...As if U.S. Figure Skating would hold the event in a locale with neither.

**laurat99** · 03-15-2012, 02:12 PM

(03-15-2012 02:08 PM)amyrose5 Wrote:
(03-15-2012 01:50 PM)dramaturge Wrote: Hah. I think they definitely are. Figure skating is a notoriously expensive sport to be in, and rather upper class to even follow when not the Olympics. It's not that surprising that the discussion is tending that way.

Oh, definitely. At this point, you have to pay a subscription fee to access competitions online just to watch most of them in the U.S. And these are the people who just cannot comprehend how paying to watch could hurt the sport's general popularity. Many of the ones in that thread are also the ones who attend multiple senior level comps per year, many requiring international travel. I've never been to a comp at all. I thought I never would get to do that, but U.S. Nationals is 35 miles away next January and my mom and I splurged for tickets--which we consider a once in a lifetime. And, at that, she had to pay upfront and I am paying her back slowly for mine.

This forum has a get together at every comp...but I really think we will skip that as I am pretty sure we would not fit in. As it is, they are upset that they will be in the Midwest and are fairly certain they won't be able to eat in Omaha as we have no ethnic restaurants or real food (not even close to true!). Initially, they were certain that Omaha's bid would not win as they thought there were not hotels or an accessible airport...As if U.S. Figure Skating would hold the event in a locale with neither.

My niece was involved with figure skating while a girl/teen, and I remember her mom complaining about the cost of everything. Ice time, tutors, costumes, competitions, travelling, etc. Daughter loved it because she was good at it. Mom loved it because daughter was good (reflected glory) and it became her social outlet. Once daughter was finished skating, mom lost her friends.