To each, his or her own wrt to their chosen expenditures, scaredy. If that is someone’s choice, that’s their choice. I’m sure there are worse things.
Also, I’ve never mentioned any concerns wrt our net worth in comparison to others, or being knocked out of the top wealthy class. Like most people on this board, it continues to grow more than we ever expected, so we should all be thrilled with that, as should all of the wealthy newbies moving to our area, and we should welcome them with open arms. Hopefully, they will contribute to sustaining our city at a level we may never have seen before.
We have friends and family who have less, and those who have more than we do–including a couple of billionaires–and neither situation has anything to do with the depth of the wonderful relationships we have built with these people over the years.
At any rate, my original post was simply to acknowledge the comment below wrt how mind-blowing the current state of the real estate market is in many locations in San Diego:
“OK, piggs. Are your minds officially blown yet? This C’bad big bomber just closed for $1m over list. Yup. ONE MILLION DOLLARS over list.”