re: People with a pathological need to signal wealth and status.

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But I just think this place is different than those places.

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And you are 100% correct.

Oh, and Mingo is 100% a douchebag idiot.

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And you are 100% correct

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Apples and oranges are different, they're both still fruit.

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Oh, and Mingo is 100% a douchebag idiot.

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I’d rather live in Robert’s Cove or mowata then live in river ranch or any place like Los Angeles or New York.

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have a Breitling

Gift from my wife so it’s not me trying to flaunt money.

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Yet here you are

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Yet here you are

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It’s not a symbol of wealth or status. I am addressing OP in that because you have a luxury item doesn’t always mean you are flaunting it.

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living a simple life, drinking good bourbon, admiring the scenery, enjoying hobbies and blowing strangers up on the internet?

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You just summed me up.

My wife and I are millionaires and we drive a 16 year old car, why? Because it still runs and it suits our needs. Most people who try to show off their wealth are usually not as as wealthy or have as much as they try and appear to have. Many multimillionaires and people that have money you'd never know it. There was this one guy where I was stationed that looked like a straight
up hobo and owned alot of property, a few businesses, and had over 10 million in the bank. Talking to the guy you would never know it. Most people that try to show off likely came into some money through inheritance and do not know what they are doing.

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Most people who try to show off their wealth are usually not as as wealthy or have as much as they try and appear to have. Many multimillionaires and people that have money you'd never know it

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Having worked in banking for a while, and done business with a number of wealth management people, I can assure you this is a often repeated myth. For every person with a net worth of a few million dollars or more driving a beater car there are 50 driving a late model high end car, same goes for homes. Sure, there are people living in high end neighbors that are overextended, the overwhelming majority live there because they can afford to, and foreclosure statistics bear this out.