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contestgamer on 23 October 2018
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SpokenTruth said:
CosmicSex said:

You can't say that someone is rich just because they live in a richer country or city.  You still have to live and survive there.  Expenses vary by region and the same amount of money wont get you as far in those places.  Every region must be looked at separately.  This graph gives no insight into any of that.  

You realize that is not what this report is about, right?  It's not about being rich in Manhattan vs Holmes County, Mississippi.  It's about the average around the world.

contestgamer said:

100% wrong. I earn roughly in that territory and spend virtually all of it every month, leaving me with hardly any savings. (in Manhatten) This is shared just between 2 people. 100k a month you can say is somewhat rich, 12k is not. There's a million things you can't do at 12k a month spending. Just because many make less than that doesnt make that rich. It only allows you to live relatively comfortably without worrying about being hand to mouth. That's not rich. 

Again, you live in an outlier of an outlier.  The US is already a fraction of the world's population (1 out of every 24 people) and Manhattan is a fraction even further (1 out of every 3,750 people).   And inversely proportional is the spending thanks to both higher incomes and higher cost of living. 

Curious though....you live there but spelled it wrong?

I'm lazy and type quickly. But I dont quite understand your point about being an outlier - I mean I do understand it, but don't really agree. Someone rich should be considered rich everywhere - to me that's rich. Yeah I get that I might be considered top 1% in Nigeria, so would most of the US population. If you're rich though, you should be able to live a highly affluent lifestyle anywhere in the world. Honestly I don't consider anyone rich unless they're in that 100k/month income territory. But if you want the cutoff at 70k or 50k I can see that discussion - 12k a month though? I suppose you're looking at it from a relative POV - 12k a month is probably top 5% globally speaking. But in reality I think probably well under 1% or even 0.1% of the planet is actually "rich".

Edit: and I suppose this also bugs me because I know people midwest making 4k a month who seem to be doing just as well as people out here making 2-3 times that. When you call someone "rich" you're basically telling them that they have no financial constraints or struggles. That's 100% not true though. I'm sure as heck not living high off the hog. Maybe I'm comfortable, but rich is something totally different.