Comment on Assuming an average value of $500k per-house, a millionaire could own two houses and a billionaire could own the entire neighborhood

essell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  A million seconds is 11.5 days. A billion seconds is a little under 32 years.

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  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This one is my favorite for really conveying the difference in scale.

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• Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I like to say “if a millionaire lost a million dollars, he would be broke. But if a billionaire lost a million dollars, he’d still pretty much a billionaire.”

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