From ALICEs to FIREs: Your complete guide to America's weird new tribes

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Toy versions of Geriatric Millenials, Peak Boomers, and FIRE

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Can you spot the difference between an ALICE and a HENRY? Are you too much of a dingus to know your DINKs? Would you ever consider joining the FIRE movement?

Why lifestyle creep can cause HIFIs to spend 'every cent they make,' according to a financial planner

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HIFIs — high income, financially insecure — spend their paychecks on lifestyle and leisure at the expense of their savings accounts.

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Millennials having fewer kids could be a drag on the economy for the next decade

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Toddlers explore the water with their mothers during a swimming class for babies at Lane Cove pool February 16, 2007 in Sydney, Australia.

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DumBro: Why every neighborhood in America seems to have an idiotic name

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Neighborhood rebrands like SoBro and SoWa were once oddities — now these two-syllable names are an epidemic.

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Meet the HIFIs: Their obsession with luxury will tank them

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More Gen Zers and millennials are becoming HIFIs — high income, financially insecure. They're spending lots of money on lifestyle and luxury.

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We're DINKs in Austin who are waiting until we make $350,000 to have kids. Maintaining our lifestyle as parents is a priority.

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Matthew and Brooke Bennett.

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Don't call them DINKs. Many childfree adults are ALICEs.

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Don't call them DINKs.
More Americans are becoming ALICEs — asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed. They live above the federal poverty line, but struggle to afford basic necessities.

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I was a tech DINK. Our double income helped me quit my 9-to-5 — but now the glory days are over.

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Fischer said not having kids has given her and her husband the freedom to travel.

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We're a Gen Z couple making $250,000 combined, but it doesn't feel like we're top 10% earners

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Living in New York City and paying for a wedding takes up most of Sheldon and Camry's monthly budget.

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Who are the HENRYs? Charts show who makes more than $200,000 and how they earn it

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