Your average Briton earns £25k, drives a Ford, and calls themselves middle class - Polidicks

[B]'Average' Britons who earn £25,000 and drive a Ford see themselves as middle class [/B] - Average Briton also holidays in Europe on self-catering package holidays - Research among 2,000 adults also found they have £25,963 in savings [URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293690/Britons-earn-25-000-drive-Ford-middle-class.html[/URL]

Does that make me lower class? Well that's depressing.

Where is the immigrant unterclass?

[QUOTE=NoDachi;39925968]Where is the immigrant unterclass?[/QUOTE] The Daily Mail doesn't consider immigrants people, so they don't get a social class.

i'm beginning to doubt i'll ever actually earn £25,000 a year in this country :(

Being working class is shameful in todays world.

working class represent

That's about what my household earns in a year. Pretty depressing really.

I wonder what the median is.

That's what the average worker bee makes for serving the queen of the hive? Don't they feel there's more to life than just earning a cut?

[QUOTE=Otsegolation;39926228]That's what the average worker bee makes for serving the queen of the hive? Don't they feel there's more to life than just earning a cut?[/QUOTE] Ooh such a rebel to society, if you wanna go live in a forest, be my guest.

I'm on $10,000 a year am I sub-lower-class

[QUOTE=Maloof?;39926517]I'm on $10,000 a year am I sub-lower-class[/QUOTE] $10,000 implies you're American, not British [editline]15th March 2013[/editline] so yes

I'm curious to see how much UK government benefits affect the required income for a decent living compared to the US.

Drives a Ford? Really? Or is this a joke or something? Didn't think they were popular outside of the US, heh :v:

[QUOTE=Splarg!;39926640]I'm curious to see how much UK government benefits affect the required income for a decent living compared to the US.[/QUOTE] Benefits in the UK won't ever really ever give you a decent (by MEDC) standard of living.

[QUOTE=Otsegolation;39926228]That's what the average worker bee makes for serving the queen of the hive? Don't they feel there's more to life than just earning a cut?[/QUOTE] this is how i felt immediately after watching Fight Club for the first time i was twelve

[QUOTE=evilweazel;39926657]Drives a Ford? Really? Or is this a joke or something?[/QUOTE] Ford cars are very popular in the UK. Though they're not the ones you guys have in the US, we have cars like the Focus, Ka and Transit which are really popular here.

[QUOTE=Coffee;39926800]Ford cars are very popular in the UK. Though they're not the ones you guys have in the US, we have cars like the Focus, Ka and Transit which are really popular here.[/QUOTE] you forgot probably the most popular one: Fiesta!

I don't want to live here, its too gray.

I bet the average working class man drives a Transit van.

[QUOTE=Scrimp;39926892]I bet the average working class man drives a Transit van.[/QUOTE] most people that drive transit vans drive them uninsured, and use them to collect scrap metal from peoples front gardens if you can call that "working class" then yeah sure :v:

who cares what class anyone is. Some of my friends make a habit of calling me "middle class" and making comments and it's just like fucking hell just because my parents earn more than yours doesn't mean you need to get shitty with me, it doesn't have any reflection upon myself or anyone else. Why does it matter

[QUOTE=TaniaTiger;39927264]who cares what class anyone is. Some of my friends make a habit of calling me "middle class" and making comments and it's just like fucking hell just because my parents earn more than yours doesn't mean you need to get shitty with me, it doesn't have any reflection upon myself or anyone else. Why does it matter[/QUOTE] stop persecuting me because I'm richer ;_; But you're right, it doesn't matter on an individual basis, but pretending that classes don't exist for your delicate sensibilities isn't a good solution.

Does this make my family peasants? Our total income is about 12k a year, and we have never owned a car or our own house. We consider ourselves pretty bloody well off.

How annoyingly accurate, I have a Ford Fiesta, my dad has an Escort, my mum has a Mondeo and my sister has a StreetKa I will add that as my Dad works for a Ford garage he gets discount on everything.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;39927307]stop persecuting me because I'm richer ;_; But you're right, it doesn't matter on an individual basis, but pretending that classes don't exist for your delicate sensibilities isn't a good solution.[/QUOTE] I'm not saying we should pretend they don't exist, I just wish people wouldn't constantly bring it up as a way of describing someone, it's just creating more stereotypes

[QUOTE=TaniaTiger;39927341]I'm not saying we should pretend they don't exist, I just wish people wouldn't constantly bring it up as a way of describing someone, it's just creating more stereotypes[/QUOTE] It is useful in statistics, economics and sociology ect Like for example, the Daily Mail's primary audience demograph is middle-class females. Where as the Sun, is working class males.

I earn £11,500 a year I must be below the poverty line then lol

Just went to London and stayed near Knightsbridge and shit was disgustingly rich. Ferrari's parked in the street, watches costing more than a house. I saw some lady seriously looking at a phone case costing $40,000.