Again, as I&#x27;ve posted several other places on this thread, the report is addressing a multiplier based region around the median income, a kind of &quot;middle income tier&quot;. It has (despite the title) very little to do with &quot;middle class&quot;, except insofar as the use of that term is drifting, at least in the US, to refer to various definitions of middle income tiers.<p>&gt; Would think that easy access to good schools and good housing are table-stakes for being &quot;upper class&quot;.<p>Honestly, I&#x27;d say that access to good public schools and good housing are typical for <i>middle class</i>; if you are upper class your housing is probably beyond &quot;good&quot; and you probably aren&#x27;t concerned, except from a political or philanthropic perspective, with the quality of the public schools.<p>But this article is (language aside) really about income tiers, not class