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The shortest version of middle class is being in the professions and owning your home, but having to work for a living.
Aha, interesting. I always understood it as being pretty well off, although not silly rich. Looks like I was in the wrong then, your description above is what it means over here as well
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In the UK?
It's tricky because the late c20th upended the traditional deliniations and increased the value of working class.
The shortest version of middle class is being in the professions and owning your home, but having to work for a living.