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Neither my friend nor I grew up here in the US
We grew up solidly middle class in the caribbean. I "emigrated" from Puerto Rico and had a relatively middle class upbringing. Sure, our condition and status changed when my parents broke up but, for example, I went to private school all my life.
Granted, neither the father of my children nor I have followed the traditional path to the corporate world and/or middle class employment. But it's waaaay harder to buy a decent piece of property with a sane mortage in this part of the world. The only people I know who have 100K for a downpayment on a house are too embarrassed to admit their rich