That neighbor must be you and the VX must be for the cousin you were saying was staying with you and wants a prado or Pajero.. Kumbe he was convinced to acquire mawinders Paperless VX....

like your organisation giving you nice lunches and 4 o'cklock tea..Occasional/monthly retreats to team build in exotic places in the Rift valley.. will we factor that in?
ama the spending has to be from net salary?

Mindo crass are those who believe xtrails and Subarus can do the quattro charge.The more expensive anything is the better the quality.Think junction is a high end mall.

Divergent views on what really is the middle class or (mindo crass) however one cannot judge this by wealth alone, other factors have to come into play that mirror society as it is today.

My take on the various social classes that exist.

Elite - Guess we all know who this, they score highest on all 3 capitals.
Established middle class - second wealthiest, scoring highly on all 3 capitals, they are the most gregarious and score second highest on cultural capital.
Technical middle class - A small distinctive new group that score low on social and cultural capital.
New affluent workers - A young class group which is socially and culturally active with middle levels of economic capital.
Traditional working class - Scores low on all forms of capital but not completely deprived.Its members are reasonable aged.
Emergence service workers - A new young and urbane group which is relatively poor but has a high social and cultural capital.
Precariat - Most deprived class scoring low on all forms of capital.