user_already_exists@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agoSaying you feel like a million bucks is like 'meh' in today's economy.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down148
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareSaying you feel like a million bucks is like 'meh' in today's economy.user_already_exists@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoThink about it. Even twenty years ago, $1 million meant you could buy a great place for yourself and a business that would let you live large. In 1960, $1 million meant a Beverly Hills mansion, a dozen cars, and a place by the beach. Kind of a giant leap from that to ‘living stingy.’
minus-squareShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·10 months agoI mean we’re splitting hairs at the point. It’s still a perfectly good middle class income, especially if you own your house already.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIf you think the difference between a Beverly Hills mansion and a three bedroom in the Valley, is ‘splitting hairs,’ then I won’t try to change your mind.
Think about it.
Even twenty years ago, $1 million meant you could buy a great place for yourself and a business that would let you live large.
In 1960, $1 million meant a Beverly Hills mansion, a dozen cars, and a place by the beach.
Kind of a giant leap from that to ‘living stingy.’
I mean we’re splitting hairs at the point. It’s still a perfectly good middle class income, especially if you own your house already.
If you think the difference between a Beverly Hills mansion and a three bedroom in the Valley, is ‘splitting hairs,’ then I won’t try to change your mind.