Here's What The Disappearing Middle Class Looks Like

[StarzGuy]

10. Not Even One or Two Paychecks Will...

...make any difference once you become disabled, like me. I became disabled in 2009. I lost my job and home and also any hope of ever regaining a standing into the middle class I once was a member of. Now on disability and can't even afford the 2 bedroom apartment in a not so great neighborhood. The lady in this episode is correct. Even here I consider Flagstaff, AZ to be divided, east side poorer and west side more affluent. East side where I live the average price for a 2 bedroom apartment is around $800 - $1000 per month. On the west side essentially double that.

I can also forget for ever being able to purchase a home here where the median cost of ownership is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for a modest 2-3 bedroom home.

In the Phoenix valley area the disparage is just the opposite, the east side is affluent and the west side not so much. In either case I still could not afford to life there either.

More rural areas around the state are somewhat better price wise but then home owners have issues suburbanites don't deal with such as water wells and septic systems.

My middle class life sunk some time ago and there is no real hope for a recovery being that I am disabled and rely on my SSDI for most of my income.