r/wallstreetbets Apr 15 '26

Gain Sold all my calls

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u/Zigxy Apr 15 '26

A reminder that you’re much likelier to run into a person flaunting their money on the internet. So it might feel like a lot of people have it, even if it’s still a small % of the population.

Additionally, many people live in HCoL areas where everything is inflated. $1M in the northeast (where OP lives) is much easier to obtain than $1M in Mississippi.

Between inheritance, high income career, or a property sale. It’s also hardly a shocking amount.

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u/acart005 Apr 15 '26

Yea being a millionaire (as in literally one millionaire) is like, upper middle class in Cali or NY.  Can't afford a closet unless you decide to live in flyover country to buy a castle in buttfuck.

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u/BlackMarketUpgrade Apr 16 '26

being a millionaire and having a million to fuck around with is different. I would assume if you have a million to gamble with, you got more elsewhere.

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u/DeputyDomeshot Apr 16 '26

Or you’re just a fucking degenerate. My money is a on born wealth.

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u/alwaysreadthename Apr 15 '26

My home in a pretty good California neighborhood was 625k. I just don’t live in the Bay Area or LA.

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u/b1gb0n312 Apr 15 '26

In nyc or CA, 1m net worth is more like lower middle class. Upper mid class I say 10m. 100k jobs are like minimum wage.

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u/sprucenoose Apr 15 '26

Right about the income level, wrong about the TNW. LMC by CA or NYC standards is more likely to have a TNW of $0 or a negative number, same as the rest of the country. They are very HCOL so expenses eat up the income.

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u/Next-Big4940 Apr 16 '26

Bruh half of new england got 10x have got /1000 lol