Seeing #Wicked, it's interesting Glinda's bully behavior is nearly not as repulsively coded as e.g. Mean Girls was in 2004, and on top of that being set up as a (semi)redeemable character while every gesture she makes is because of selfish PR. Portrayed values in culture have shifted a lot...

Hottake: if you own your house, you aren't middle class anymore.
The definition of the split is how wealth is generated; out of work or assets. It's not unrealistic someone has generated more wealth from their appreciating house than the income they gathered from work.