Income brackets: PERCEPTIONS of low and high?

lostinrates

N1AK wrote: »

I do, and I think I've understood why we're not understanding each other. I am talking about perception of income. I perceive £30k to be a good income for an individual in the Midlands but a rubbish income for a large family in the same region.

The reason it is clouded by expenses is because perception of high income is largely derived from what people are able to do with that income. I'd perceive someone in Congo as having an high income if they earned £10k a year because that is very high compared to the typical expenses for that region

Ah, ok......hoisted by my own petard! :rotfl:


Superb!

Thanks, clear now

Tancred

ukcarper wrote: »

Although I don't remember as I type I did realise that there could be other reasons but you hope to gain in someway in the future would he have taken job without future expectations.


I think we all take decisions that are not base solely on pay I did a similar thing by not moving to a better paid job as I would have had to leave a good final salary pension scheme and put myself under more pressure.

I once worked in the City for a US investment bank and I was earning 12 years ago what I'm earning now, but the working day was 9am to 9pm, sometimes longer. If you wanted to leave at 6pm the management would shout at you.

Never again - I value my health more than my wealth.

chucknorris

ukcarper wrote: »

I'd say an high income is an high income as simply as that. You could have two people earning the same living next door to each other and because of their lifestyle and expectations on would consider themselves well off and the other not.

I just happen to like doing things that don't cost that much. My perfect day out is with my wife and dog cycling in the countryside on a disused railway line on a nice summers day and stopping off for a pub lunch and a pint. Evenings out don't really get that expensive either, a night out to the cinema and a restaurant (not a particularly expensive one) suits me fine. My hobbies aren't expensive either, running, cycling, walking my dog, bowls and chess. I also prefer inviting friends over/going to friends for dinner as well to going out.

ukcarper

chucknorris wrote: »

I just happen to like doing things that don't cost that much. My perfect day out is with my wife and dog cycling in the countryside on a disused railway line on a nice summers day and stopping off for a pub lunch and a pint. Evenings out don't really get that expensive either, a night out to the cinema and a restaurant (not a particularly expensive one) suits me fine. My hobbies aren't expensive either, running, cycling, walking my dog, bowls and chess. I also prefer inviting friends over/going to friends for dinner as well to going out.

I'm also lucky that the things I like doing don't cost much I like being out in the countryside bird watching mainly which after initial spending on equipment is free apart from the odd longer trip . I'm not one for eating out and I don't drink . I have a fairly small pension which would probably be considered very small by a lot of the posters here and although there are a few things I can't afford to do I am very happy and can manage easily.

chucknorris

ukcarper wrote: »

I'm also lucky that the things I like doing don't cost much I like being out in the countryside bird watching mainly which after initial spending on equipment is free apart from the odd longer trip . I'm not one for eating out and I don't drink . I have a fairly small pension which would probably be considered very small by a lot of the posters here and although there are a few things I can't afford to do I am very happy and can manage easily.

I used to be into ornithology when I was younger, I'm still fascinated by birds of prey. When we were up at Newcastle/Northumberland at my parents last summer we were lucky enough to see one of the locally nesting pair of red kites when we were out cycling. When we were in Spain a few years ago an eagle was soaring above my dog (but at 30kg I think that he was quite safe, nevertheless I was shouting at it to get away).

lostinrates

I've had a shelduck and his wife join our flock the las two summers, only briefly last year, but all last summer. Quite an oddity hereabouts. I had to look it up.

Edit, we also get lots of birds of prey here. I like little ones about, not the ones big enough to take my birds though!

ukcarper

lostinrates wrote: »

I've had a shelduck and his wife join our flock the las two summers, only briefly last year, but all last summer. Quite an oddity hereabouts. I had to look it up.

Are you near the coast as you say although not a rare bird they are unusual in land.

lostinrates

ukcarper wrote: »

Are you near the coast as you say although not a rare bird they are unusual in land.

No, I am in land!

Its a very distinctive bird though. He, in particular seems to like knocking about with the domestic geese and the wild ducks here. The 'she' keeps herself to herself.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

I tend to think in terms of household income.... As really that's what determines lifestyle.

So for household income up here in my neck of the woods I would perceive low income as less than 50K, and high income as more than 150K. Everything between is middle income.

chucknorris

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

I tend to think in terms of household income.... As really that's what determines lifestyle.

So for household income up here in my neck of the woods I would perceive low income as less than 50K, and high income as more than 150K. Everything between is middle income.

Income really doesn't influence our lifestyle Hamish, we earn just under 200k but spend less than 25k (latter is net, former is gross). I know it is a nice problem to have but we have realized that because we don't have children we are going to have start spending much more money than we currently do.