Not bad for two sons of a school principal who came from solidly middle-class roots in the Chicago suburbs.

The 19th Ward is what is often called an uneven neighborhood, with stretches of solidly middle-class single-family houses mixed with deteriorating blocks.

Throughout the Victorian era, respectable employment for women from solidly middle-class families was largely restricted to work as a school teacher or governess.

On average, they earned about $29,000 a year in today's dollars, a solidly middle-class income at the time.

Over the decades, not everyone in solidly middle-class Gentilly has been thrilled about having a haven for troubled youth in the area.

Residents of solidly middle-class neighborhoods have long complained that they were being unfairly stigmatized and lobbied the city to get rid of the name.

They had no criminal records and were mostly from solidly middle-class families.

It is a solidly middle-class area, home to many police officers and other civil servants.

By the late 1990s South Shore had reemerged as a solidly middle-class African American community.

Most other Iranian writers come from solidly middle-class backgrounds, with urban educations.