Or have lower class families been buying plastic to increase the appearance of their quality of life for 6+ generations?
I get that we're going through mega-inflation since covid. Even before that, if you bought whole foods and clothes that aren't plastic (nylon), the ol' paycheck only stretched so far.
I'd really like to pick the brain of a self-aware Boomer and find out how long it's been like this.
Middle class has a house with a yard, enough to have a couple kids and a dog, and a car. Maybe dad worked at a decent job, or maybe he ran a little store.
Bob Belcher would be upper lower class, because he rents but he runs his own business (that's hanging by a shoestring). If he owned the building, he'd be middle class. Fischoeder is lower upper class, he pretty much owns most of the town, but of course the world is full of much bigger financial fish. George Jefferson - upper middle class; owns a couple businesses, and if it were filmed today, that apartment would be a bought condo instead of a rented apartment.