Retail employment domestic employment (maids housekeeping yard work landscaping) never provided a middle class lifestyle unless one worked multiple full time jobs say and both parents did so.

对于从事零售业工作或服务业工作（如女佣、家政、庭院清理、景观美化等）的家庭来说，除非一人同时承担多份全职工作，甚至夫妻双方均兼任多份工作，才有可能过上中产阶级的生活方式。

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