• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The topic being discussed was if one million dollars is enough to live in expensive areas of the country.

    If you move away from expensive areas of the country, then the dollar amount needed to retire becomes less.

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      1 year ago

      there are self made millionaires, they’re just considered lower middle class these days

      this was the original statement being discussed

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        1 year ago

        there are self made millionaires, they’re just considered lower middle class these days

        this was the original statement being discussed

        I was replying to specific comments on another topic, which was the following…

        You can retire off a million dollars of assets easily

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        maybe not san fransisco but in most parts of the us you can retire off $1m can’t believe this is controversial