I'm like you. rich means you dont have to work again if you dont want to(I'm not talking about welfare whomod.)
How many children you have and their ages weighs in on the equation. Also your location, for example where I live you can get a great house for 150k, a lot of Doctors and lawyers from the city locate here just for the enormity of a house they can get for a fraction of the price.
I would say if your net worth is over 2 million you are rich. But I think the middle class ends in the 250k mark, you aren't rich at 250k a year, a minor disaster could bankrupt you, but you rent living on the edge.
The median income where I live is 30k a year, and the average family is three, so poverty level is the norm around here.
