re: #4 SoCaroLion

Just because couples that make 150K to 200K aren’t part of the 1% doesn’t make them part of the middle class.
Neither I or the NY Times said that someone someone living in Greenwich Village had the same expenses as someone living in Binghampton. My contention is that neither of them are middle class.
Virtually anyone might be eligible to take advantage of 529’s but 97% of households aren’t. Most middle class households don’t have $175 extra per month.
I just don’t see how someone earning “three times the average for families with children in college” is considered middle class.