How does the usual American middle class live? (USA)

In the previous article about Washington, I promised to tell about how the American middle class lives. Ordinary engineers, doctors, middle managers, not millionaires and not oligarchs. That is, not the stars of Hollywood and not relatives of George Soros and Warren Buffett. But on the other hand, there are no pizza cutters and not sellers in the store. Ordinary citizens of age of 30-35 years old, with small kids, with education and experience of years 10-12 after the end of the institute. People live, usually, in the Townhouse bought in about 50km from Washington, in the town of Rockville (Rockville), drive to Washington (approximately an hour by car, taking into account possible traffic jams). Actually, their home is visible in the photo, near him just a black car drives. There is such a house of 650 thousand dollars, some part of the amount (20-30%) is made of its savings, and the residue gives the bank for 30 years under 4-4.5% per annum. Is it really possible to live? Can! If, of course, you have no less than a pair of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year of family income and are able to pay a loan and pay utility payments. Details below -

Regular garage for 2 cars. In this case, this Infinity M56 and Ford Explorer Jipik 5th Generation -

Basement, I mean the first floor, where your humble servant stopped, randomly scattering his belongings on the square of at least 100 square meters. I have my own bath and toilet -

On the second floor leads a staircase, here is another toilet, if suddenly you poured on the way from the first floor to the second -

Second floor, he is salon. Here is a resting place, a kitchen and another toilet (third) -

By the way, you know what is the lattice on the stairs and why is it needed?

Kitchen with refrigerator, dishwasher and other things -

Backyard -

In each townhouse its own system of heating and heating water. Here are two systems at once: air conditioners operate in summer, and in winter (heating) on \u200b\u200bgas. Andrew finnskij. , here in your part :)

Pressure -

Water meter -

Two air conditioners work only in summer, as a rule, cooling -

Accounts for utilities depend on the season: in summer, approximately $ 250 per month per electricity (air conditioners) and 50-60 for gas (heating is not required, gas saving, exclusively for cooking food), and in winter, up to the opposite, 250-300 Gas and 50-60 for electricity -

In addition to municipal payments, monthly hosts pay for such a house $ 500 Municipal tax, plus $ 140 - Community Charges (garbage collection, cleaning the territory, pool, etc.). Well, payments on the loan for the house, which make up about $ 2,200-2,400 monthly.

This is how people live in the "rejection from the crisis" America.

p.S. Behind the scenes remained the third floor of the house where the owners and kids live.