re: What is a good income to raise kids on?

Great place for a career. No way in hell that I'll retire anywhere near here.

I can't stand the keeping up with the Joneses mentality around here. Have a friend with a huge house in Great Falls. Just him and his wife. I went on a trip with him last fall and he was talking about downsizing to a townhouse of 6000-7000 square feet. I told him he's insane. It's just him and his wife but to him everything is about status. He cares more about what other people think about what he owns than he actually cares about the stuff he has. Ridiculous.