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Amazing, really tells more about keeping up with the Joneses and the societal pressure to conform to their expectations.

As you earn more money, your social circles change and there is a cost to moving into that circle. You have to live in the right area, dress in the right clothes and drive the right car. So the costs increase to levels that seem exorbitant to people on "average" salaries but really they are just as much slaves to the system as anyone else.

The trick is to earn good money and not spend it on frivolities, but marketeers and advertisers work hard to get people to spend their hard earned cash to great effect.