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It was always a sobering moment as a kid when you sort of started to understand that your parents couldn’t get every single toy in the store and you had to choose just one. You would perhaps visit a friend's house and see that they had two whole game consoles and maybe even a pool. Then, innocently, you would ask your parents why you all don’t have as much.

While these experiences were probably an important part of growing up, they could be pretty individual, so one netizen asked the internet what they thought was the apex of luxury when they were young. So get comfortable and be sure to upvote your favorite answers as you scroll through. 

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers When a kid had one of those small cars they can ride in.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A kid living down the street from me had a little toy car which he could actually drive around in. One day I was out on my bike and bumped into said kid with his family, and in mock indignation I said "how come HE gets a car while I'M stuck with just a bicycle?!" Kid thought it was hilarious. XD EDIT: Clarification; I was a grown adult when this happened.

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers "Bathing" in a tub full of gold coins and gleefully flinging handfuls of them into the air.

It helps if you're also a duck.

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Having a full on Barbie Dream House instead of just a doll and few accessories

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The most common indicator of wealth, even though it’s pretty deceiving, is, of course, the pool. Despite being an indicator of luxury, around 10% of US households have at least one. This number increases to around 17% for the cohort aged 18-29, which makes sense, as younger people tend to prefer more activities in the sun. 

This number decreases to 16% in the next cohort, 30-49, but in general, this means more than one in ten households has this item of great luxury. Now, pools come in all shapes and sizes, and one can have a sizable, above-ground inflatable pool as well, but the idea of a pool by the home is obviously pretty attractive to a kid. 

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Swimming pool.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my Country is really something that only wealthy people can afford

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Ferrero Rocher

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Going on vacation every summer

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hadn't even left Canada until a few years ago. My mom took me across the country once and the rest of our vacations were just sticking close to home. Those who went to Disneyland I thought were rich.

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Summer vacation, as a kid, was a joyous, gleeful time, for the most part. Even more special were those times your family actually went somewhere, maybe abroad, or to a more exotic location within the country. National parks, resorts, and amusement parks are all staples, though some families also insisted on taking young children to old battlefields, museums, and other historical sights which they no doubt had zero appreciation for. 
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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Ice & water dispenser fridge.
Huge houses w pool -> come to find out it is still a rich people thing cuz its a money pit

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was 14 before we had a fridge and a colour TV - I really thought we’d moved up in the world!

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Canned soda in the fridge. Something about a friends parent offering an ENTIRE CAN TO MYSELF out of their own home fridge was just insane!

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Second home for vacations.

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Statistically, most US adults went somewhere on vacation about four times over their whole childhood, so the idea of going every single year was absolutely a sign of wealth. If you have ever encountered a person who unironically asks you “Where do you summer?” then know you are in the presence of (mostly) inherited wealth. Nevertheless, most American adults do think a summer without a trip is a waste. 
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Canopy beds. Like the entire girls bedroom set out of the sears catalog.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would've thought your family was extremely wealthy - you were practically a princess! And more so, if you had a walk-in closet

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Cable TV. Especially if you have HBO.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now people are more likely to subscribe to 15+ streaming services than buy cable...

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Country club memberships

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Of course, some things were not so much a sign of wealth, but that the family had less impulse control or just a sweet tooth. Easy access to soda, particularly cans in the fridge is not actually that hard to do, but a child tends to overfocus on small luxuries, candies, video games, and, yes, soda, over larger things, like healthcare and housing. So sometimes a family just using a different brand may seem luxurious. 
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When I was a kid in the early 1960’s, one of our neighbors had a doorbell that played a song whenever someone rang it. We little ankle-biters somehow came to the conclusion that this was a special doorbell that the police gave to rich people.

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Buying a new car. My mom always bought used cars so I thought only rich people could afford new cars. This was before I learned about financing - apparently my mom was just averse to car debt, which is okay too.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

None in my family (parents, siblings) has ever bought a new car and my parents were absolut middle class (for reference: the house was a duplex payed with inheritance and a 25 year payment plan)

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Phones in cars.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In '88 I had a car phone for work - the first thing everyone said when using it was "I am calling from a car"

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In fact, this would extend to so many things. One respondent said that foreign holidays were a sign of wealth. Without additional details, we must conclude that they encountered a family from a minority that happened to be wealthy at the same time and the reputation stuck in their head. Others talked about juice from a carton instead of a can, despite cardboard being a less premium material. It seems that the grass really always is greener. 
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Cars with sunroof

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Basically everything I saw at my upper middle class aunt/uncle's house, like name-brand Pepperidge Farm bread, getting an appetizer and dessert when going out to eat, or ordering takeout more often than once/week.

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I grew up in a trailer in a neighborhood of mostly trailers, so I thought that only rich people lived in houses.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was a trailer park kid. Single wide, 60 foot trailer which housed my mom, dad, and 4 kids. Sad times? No. Unforgettable, action-packed times.

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers 2 story houses 😂

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Having one of those gigantic satellite dishes in your back yard. They look so ancient now.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had one of those satellite dish it was a pain when it snowed we had to go out and get the snow off of it before we had to turn it.

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers [Viennetta always seemed so decadent.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE9wVHjKWM8)

I grew up in a house that rarely, if ever, had ice cream. If we did, it was the Winn Dixie brand Neapolitan or some other nonsense. I never got to try Viennetta before it got discontinued, so I'll never get to have my expectations unmet. It will always be this lofty, high society treat my blue collar a*s would never be able to experience.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still have them in the UK, haven't had one in years.

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My parents were super cheap and were the type of people who didn't think spending money on kids beyond the basics was worth it.

Once a year, after like months of pleading, we would get to go to McDonald's. I thought it was the height of extravagance.

I thought people who could eat at McDonald's everyday were rich. I think I was like 25 when I realized it was the exact opposite.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Spending money on kids beyond the basics isn´t worth it? Honestly, for clothes I agree. They don´t need super expensive name brand clothes if they will grow out of it in a year or so.

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Ice maker in the fridge oh and a garage.

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Any of the big name cereals. Eating out. Nike(air max 90).

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eating out, yes. Only rich people could afford to go to a restaurant, any restaurant.

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I described them as 'plush houses' for whatever reason. No shoes, carpeted floors. Everything was clean looking and soft and organized and no amount of picking stuff up could make my house look that way. Bathrooms had little signs and clean little things on unused shelves, kitchen had ingredients in matching little canisters that were labeled. Ice maker on the fridge, big ol L shaped couch that was comfortable and clean.

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Having pop up sprinklers in the yard

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The thing I hated the pop up sprinklers was that you could NEVER see it coming

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Having two landline phone numbers, one for the parents and one for the kids.

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Foreign holidays

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More than one bathroom.

Ice maker in the fridge

Big screen TVs

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not always true. When we were house hunting 30 years ago, I visited that nice little house that came on sale because the lady, à single mother of... many (bunk beds all over the place, 4 in a room) couldn't pay her mortgage. Yet they had big, brand new appliances, and in the living room, the biggest home-cinema I ever saw. And in the 90s those cost à mint. While we, with 4 kids, single salary... and à modest-sized, old-fashioned TV, were about to buy à house... Who was rich?

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Being able to order what you wanted from a restaurant.

My parents always strongly encouraged us kids to choose the cheapest s**t on the menu.

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Going back to school shopping at the mall.

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Actual Guess Jeans and the polo shirts with the alligator.. I wore Kmart clothes I was always so jealous…

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Juice that came in a carton instead of a can.

My coworkers and I were talking about this a few weeks ago, about how when we were growing up, our families always bought frozen juice from a can and then added water, and how we’d watch people buying juice that came in a carton and think “Wow they must be _rich_!”

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to think any kind of bought juice was posh, because it was my task to squeeze the damn oranges. Funny how things change...

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Having a home computer with Internet. That was rich people s**t.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had dial up that took up the phone connection and I was never allowed on it. "Why do you need to use the internet? What are you wanting to search for?" If I needed to do research for homework my folks would make a huge deal about it like it was this major inconvenience to them. Whereas everyone else in my class had no problem getting access to the internet. One girl told me to tell my mom to get internet.

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Going on vacations that required flying
Having stairs in your house
Buying the name brand foods

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom would get us store brand pop tarts which were no where near as good as the real ones. Little Debbie cakes and stuff didn't even compare to how much better Hostess treats were. Swiss Cake Rolls ARE NOT THE SAME AS HO-HOs, Mom!!!

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Polo brand polo shirts. Fully finished basements. Entertainment centers with a big console color TV. New cars.

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eating at red lobster

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went there for the first time at like 16, Mom made us wear our nicest clothes. I still dress nicer when going to a dine in restaurant and am amazed at people who will pay 60$ for supper in SpongeBob pj's. Idk.

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Fridges with side by side doors

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll wait until I have a kitchen big enough to fit one in!

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Someone Asks "What Is Something That You Thought Was A 'Rich People' Thing When You Were A Kid?" And 50 People Deliver Answers Grey Poupon

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But not the one pictured above in plastic squeeze bottle. It's only rich and high-class gourmet if it's in the glass jar.

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When I was a kid my parents ended up babysitting some other kid once. We were fed bagels for breakfast. The kid went off about how bagels are rich people's food and was incredibly impressed.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was incredibly impressed the first time I had croissants for breakfast.

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Traveling by aeroplane.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Airplane travel was out of our league growing up. We covered our long distances in a Ford station wagon.

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Cars with AC

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I live in a very wealthy area. My family is middle class at best and a pool (in the yard) or TV in someone’s room was a big thing but the biggest one was a person’s parents having enough free time to pick their kids up right after school.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depending on the distance we lived from school, my brothers and I either walked or rode the school bus.

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Having soda in the pantry. What kind of Richie Rich fantasy is this?

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Drinking pineapple juice just by itself. Not rationing it for a holiday or recipe; Just buying it just because it is the nectar of the heavens and you want to drink it.

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bringing you own lunch to school.

the rest of us poor folk eat the c**p in the cafeteria for free or reduced price.


Edit: Circa 1970s

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I always wanted to be rich enough to have a staircase that I wasn't allowed to slide down.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had a neighbor who had a two-story house. My best friend and I rang the doorbell and asked if we could see their staircase. We were about seven.

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Matching bed sheets - gosh my family was so poor

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Owning a house and going on holidays

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I used to think that rich people spend all their spare time counting their money. Putting the money in stacks of coins.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

♫♪ The king was in his counting house.... counting out his money,

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Clothes that fit

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had hand-me-downs from the lad over the road. He was much broader than me so everything looked baggy. “Baggy” was my nickname at primary school because of it.

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Nutella

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once you've tasted actual 'choco' (= Flemish word for chocolate spread - basic household breakfast item since the sixties over here) you would not want Nutella. Make your own : melt black chocolate au bain marie, equal amount of melted butter or quality margerine (whichever you prefer) and mix in sugar (start with 250 gr chocolate + 250 gr fat of choice + 100 gr fine sugar and then see from there if you want more or less sugar). Stir the whole lot and pour into a jar. Take out of the fridge half an hour before using, it tends to solidify too much in the fridge.

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#53

Viennetta ice cream. My mom only bought it for special occasions like birthdays or Christmas so I naturally thought it most be some kind of luxury thing that's way too expensive to have regularly. Turns out it costs like €4 at most for the fancier versions!

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Living in the same apartment for more than a year.

Packed lunches

Dad being around (jimmeny crickets that’s sad)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cable, iPods, cripes. I've never met anyone rich enough to afford those.

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finished basements

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! This! My parents bought house with an unfinished basement in the 70's

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Full fridge.

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Having a fire pit 😂. Then things literally cost like $70

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What do you mean? An old barrel or washing machine is practically free!

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Having more than one video game console

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pff. I had to work two days counting items in a store at 15 to get 80 bucks to buy a used, first generation Gameboy (Gameboy advance was available at that time) which was the first video Game Thing in our whole household...I had my first console (Wii) just like ten years ago with over 26years old because for me it's still expensive

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Air conditioning and satellite TV

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Air-conditioning and a colour TV. We had Air-conditioning installed when I was 15, and our TV was grandma's old one that the colour tube had gone in, so was black and white

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House cleaning, good food, being able to buy stuff for hobbies.
Turns out that's middle class things, and rich people things are big houses, expensive cars, not working too much and like more expensive things than i expected

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you are poor, middle class is still rich for you. I would say most of these apply to middle class.

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Meals with processed food like hamburger helper. Having soda all the time.

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Going away on vacation

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Breyers ice cream. The only time I ever had it as a kid was at a rich kids' house. To this day, I still unconsciously believe the stuff is 100$ a gallon.

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Hiding the kitchen trash can

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes what is with all the "hiding the kitchen trash under the sink/in a random cabinet" like they were embarrassed to show that they threw things away? (Turns out it wasn't rich people but middle class trying to act snobby rich, too. At least that I saw.)

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A dad that lived with you.

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High earning household things in general - think nice off-the-lot cars, the expensive grocery store, mall-nice clothes. Moving to MA from TX, then going to school there and being in white collar circles transformed my view on wealth.

High earner, probably up to $500k household ain’t s**t in the scheme of wealth.

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