re: Who are the "Hidden Millionaires" in small towns

My wife worked at a bank. They are everywhere. A lot of people have more money than you think

Whatever. Is your last name Jones?

Millionaire is an outdated term now thanks to inflation. However, the people mentioning land owners are correct. Small counties are littered with people who live in modest homes and drive older vehicles that own millions of dollars worth of land.

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real money (70K+)

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This made me chuckle. There are plenty of people making that "real money" in the poorest counties in any state.

Somewhere along the line it became a negative thing to have a nice house and car. Not everyone wants to live in a modest house and have a 10 year old car. Some people call debt leverage.

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Somewhere along the line it became a negative thing to have a nice house and car. Not everyone wants to live in a modest house and have a 10 year old car. Some people call debt leverage.

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I want to work until I'm 67 and save every penny (no eating out or fancy stuff) so I can retire in my shitty old house with two million in the bank.I'll live a boring life but at least I never have any debt!

For real

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. I cook almost every day at home, so no money is wasted eating out. We cut our own grass, clean our own house, do our own additions and repairs. We fish in kayaks. I am not a material girl and will NEVER be found at the mall

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This just sounds terrible to me, minus the fishing

Didn't want to offend the farmers here. I'm referring to the farmers in my neck of the woods. There's none that I know who started from the ground up. They are all farmers who inherited their land and equipment. Land doesn't get sold around here but just passes to the next generation. The guys my age (30's) won't even put hydro oil in the tractors. They call someone for that. It's incredible how much of their family's money that gets blown on stupid shite. I see 1-2 more generations down and the money will be gone. Brand new F250's yearly, big time paid hunts, vacations, and 400k houses are just some of the things that will eventually do them in. That's the norm around here with farmers my age.

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Somewhere along the line it became a negative thing to have a nice house and car. Not everyone wants to live in a modest house and have a 10 year old car. Some people call debt leverage.

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What? Being in debt and living above your means is the American way. Our society wouldnt collapse if people weren't materialistic.

The overwhelming majority of people support that kind of lifestyle.

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I cook almost every day at home, so no money is wasted eating out. We cut our own grass, clean our own house, do our own additions and repairs. We fish in kayaks

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sounds like me. I do that stuff which allows me to work minimally and travel. Eating out is just something that doesn't appeal to me these days. I'd rather get together with friends and eat a bunch of stuff we gathered from the sea.