SpokenTruth said:
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.
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.