Who are the "Hidden Millionaires" in small towns

Farming

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Apparently, some small town people more money than they let on.

Is there any truth to this. Outside the medical professions, I don't really see how this would work.

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Yes, they do exist. They own their own business.

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Is there any truth to this. Outside the medical professions, I don't really see how this would work.

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Inheritance and an upbringing that denigrates flashiness.

There are many of them. Not everyone who has money thinks that spending it lavishly on mansions and cars are the key to happiness. I know people that wear 20 year old sweaters and drive a Mercury Marquis that have millions in the bank.

There are tons of hidden millionaires.

My mother was a teacher.
She died in May with a net worth over a million dollars.

It shocked me.

Many plant workers can retire millionaires if they play their cards right with stocks, 401ks and pensions.

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They tend to own a lot of it and all think it's worth twice what it actually is.

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wut

Farmers are loaded and always will be because the government takes special care of them. In small towns it's usually business owners or inherited land owners. I'm from A small town and a prime example is a good friends grandfather. Lives in a 1500 sq ft house, drives a 2003 single cab stripped down Dodge, cuts grass with a 20 yr old snapper, and sells cans. I know for a fact that he owns approx 2000 acres that are farmed, has 7 mill cash in the bank, and another 5-6 mil tied in the market. Oh, and of course cans of cash and coins buried all over his yard. All that said, the old bastsrd looks homeless because he won't buy new clothes! Lol

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Many plant workers can retire millionaires if they play their cards right with stocks, 401ks and pensions.

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Yep, my uncle retired from a refinery with a few million. Dude never let on that he had money. Lived in the same smaller house for 40 years. Browned bag his lunches and rarely went out to eat or took nice trips.

My friend was in the investment business and some of his co-workers handled accounts of retiring guys from Exxon. All many of those men wanted as a dream was to pay off their houses and be able to retire at 65 with a nice bass boat.
They are retiring at 55 with millions in stocks. That's why it's so sad when uninformed people like to assume that when a company does well with stock prices, that somehow only old white CEO's are keeping the profits.

Also, some of the railroad guys can retire easily with more than a million in the bank.