Most of the stuff in this thread

We probably need to talk about what one’s definition of “rich” is. I suspect the commenters in this thread are all over the place.

When I was growing up, my idea of rich was private schools and McMansions and overseas vacations and new BMWs for 16th birthdays, basically the kind of lifestyle accessible to only the top 5%.

But now, 20+ years later, I’ve been around 0.1%ers, desensitized to upper middle class stuff that the things I used to believe were signifiers of wealth barely register for me anymore. I’ve also been around descendants of former 0.1%ers who carry some cultural baggage from their families despite having “only” ordinary upper middle class income.

I read this thread and wonder where each commenter sits in how they evaluate richness.