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Mobile Tsk March 10th, 2016 12:55 PM

Do we have anyone in the top 1% here?
 
So we are all familiar with the term top 1%. Do we have anyone insanely rich here? So rich that they are in the top 1% of Western civilization? Anyone close? How is life?

Does anyone KNOW anyone personally in the top 1%? How is their life?

curiousnathan March 10th, 2016 1:21 PM

I don't think I do, and even if I did it wouldn't be that big of a deal. I'm not one to care about the fortunes or luxuries of others. I'm appreciative for whatever I have. A lot of my friends from university are privileged; they all went to private high schools, all drive fancy cars and wear top- brand clothes and go travelling every break. I can't always afford the best of the best of things or go travelling every time uni is out, so in some ways I'm envious, but overall, I'm not bothered by it. I'm more than happy with what I have. Would I like more? Sure. But is it the be all and end all of being happy? Nah.

Thepokefansophia March 10th, 2016 1:56 PM

No not really I am far from being mega rich.
I think I live pretty comfortable. ( Well I am only 15 still).
My parents do have quite a bit of money on them. They are able to some luxury brands for my birthday such as Michael Kors and the latest smartphones and they let me go shopping at weekends only if I done my chores which is washing/drying up/ doing the hoovering/ keeping my room tidy.

But anyone rich? Uh... I doubt my city is going to be full of the 1%.
I suppose my godmother is rich. She has a house in Cyprus and is able to afford 200 pounds on a pair of jeans quite easily.
But she does have a good job, I think she is a social worker and a landlord? Or something like that.

Esper March 10th, 2016 2:12 PM

I kind of know a few people in the tech industry and they're in the top 1% of millennials, but you don't need to be a millionaire to call yourself a millennial 1-percenter. Still, they ain't hurting for money.

They seem a little out of touch with the world though. They have money so they don't really look at the cost of anything and seem to make plans based on what they want ("hey, let's get $30 a plate sushi") rather than the cost.

Somewhere_ March 10th, 2016 2:25 PM

I have some crazy rich friends, but thankfully Im not rich. I have the feeling that wealth corrupts, and Ill lose focus on my values. If somehow in the future I get rich, I wont keep most of it.

However, I guess by living in America, we sort of are the top percentage. The poor in the US are better off than the middle class in many other countries, so I guess that makes us the top percentage (but idk what).

JJ Styles March 10th, 2016 3:10 PM

If there is one thing i know about the mega rich people like a certain friend of mine, these people actually are not the ones that act like how they are usually portrayed in the media who are all stylin and profilin. A certain friend of mine who probably belongs to the 1% or almost within it actually dresses up very humbly and looks just like your average citizen. And I've heard stories from him as well about the mega rich people here in the Philippines who doesn't even look or dress the part, since well they don't really need to.

Also, our country is rather infamous for the unreported crime rate as well so that really helps.

Pokemon Game Fan March 10th, 2016 3:28 PM

I am not and I don't know that there are many in my city.

I do know of one though. For any Blink-182 fans, Travis Barker lives here (it's also his hometown, he was born here) and you can sometimes see him driving his really fancy cars around.

Neil Peart March 10th, 2016 5:12 PM

I'm in the top 1 percent of the brokest people in the world.

Meganium March 10th, 2016 6:00 PM

My new job is located in one of Houston's wealthiest suburbs, where it's full of rich people probably earning more than $80k.

So kinda???

Bay March 10th, 2016 7:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Pokemon Game Fan (Post 9156816)
I am not and I don't know that there are many in my city.

I do know of one though. For any Blink-182 fans, Travis Barker lives here (it's also his hometown, he was born here) and you can sometimes see him driving his really fancy cars around.

Oh, he still lives in the SoCal/Inland Empire area? Haha he graduated from my high school some years before I did.

Onto the topic, er nope I'm far from being top one percent. Not sure if I know anyone else that rich either.

polymorphism March 10th, 2016 7:26 PM

I feel like people that rich don't use the internet. I mean if I was that rich I'd be in London buying and selling property.

Sirfetch’d March 10th, 2016 7:26 PM

I come from a family that is very stable financially and I've always had the money to do things but I don't consider myself anywhere close to the top percentage. As Audy said, that is an INSANE amount of money and I wouldn't even want to be a part of that tbh. I am not someone who wants a whole lot so I'd never be able to spend it all :s

Sothis March 10th, 2016 9:40 PM

I'm poor and everyone I know is also poor lol. But then again this city isn't really high rolling.

Kanzler March 10th, 2016 9:54 PM

In the US, you'd need a household income of over $383,000 to be in the top 1%.

gimmepie March 10th, 2016 11:14 PM

I'm about as broke as you can possibly be without being homeless.

Hikamaru March 10th, 2016 11:35 PM

Nope, I live in a very lowland community and my family are on pension so yeah we ain't rich.

Loki March 11th, 2016 12:08 AM

I won't say anything about me, but for people I know personally-- I think my extended family is somewhere in that realm. But I think that despite how much money they sit on, the variation in lifestyles is exactly the same as you might find amongst the middle class, or middle upper. It really depends on how old they are/what their personality is like imo.

For example, one of my richer great-uncles throws a fit whenever my aunt tries to buy hair-dye that costs more than $8 per box, he wears purple sweats that have turned gray with age, white socks with slip on rubber sandals that have hardened and cracked in the sun, and crew-neck sweaters with holes in them. The only thing extravagant about his life is that he buys a brand new Honda van every year because he doesn't want to deal with maintenence/upkeep of the car. It's literally like the only thing he spends his money on.

On the other hand, one of my uncles who isn't even half as rich as my great-uncle is the type who decides to rip out his entire master bathroom because he doesn't like having the bathtub on the right side instead of on the left, orders a ton of food at restaurants and doesn't particular care whether it's eaten or not, and bought my 5 year old cousin an ipad for -one- of his birthday presents. But even then, I don't think he's unreasonably extravagant either-- he doesn't wear brand name clothes or drive luxury cars or anything like that.

That said, I find my relatives who are more willing to spend their money frivolously are inherently far nicer to be around than the ones who aren't. Their personalities are just... better, imo.

pkmin3033 March 11th, 2016 12:30 AM

Did I ever tell you guys about my Super Cool Rattata?

I know a couple of people who are extremely well-off, but I'm not entirely sure they'd qualify as this...it's not really the sort of thing you ask someone. It's possible, but I'd say it's unlikely.

Pokemon Game Fan March 11th, 2016 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Bay Alexison (Post 9157095)
Oh, he still lives in the SoCal/Inland Empire area? Haha he graduated from my high school some years before I did.

That's awesome! If you don't mind me asking, what high school? You can PM it to me if you don't want people to see.

I don't know if he still lives here actually, but he is down here a lot. His brother still lives here. I know this because (I shouldn't be saying this but...) his brother constantly buys drugs from one of my best friends' brother. Apparently they're pretty cool and they talk a lot and Travis' brother says that Travis visits a lot.

Jessie March 11th, 2016 5:18 AM

I'd say that I am comfortably lower-middle class.

I do know someone who is in the top 1% who lives just down the road (we rent from them in fact, and they are family friends). They are one of the nicest families I have ever met and very generous. They do live in luxury - they have a huge house and own lots of land all over the state. They are building a new private beach house and have a lake house that could pass as a hotel. Sometimes we go on trips with them and it's interesting to live in the lap of luxury for a few days at a time. It's kind of exhausting though, to be honest. They are constantly busy, running around, doing things. For this reason, I am glad I am not rich.

Yes - it would be nice to not have to worry about money, but I like my simple care-free life.

Sheep March 11th, 2016 6:11 AM

My family is upper middle class and make a lot of money combined but even so most of it disappears on bills, food, mortgage payment, car insurance, and all that good stuff. Myself personally.. I'm quite far from being in that 1%, haha. I'd be more than happy with a job that pays me enough to comfortably survive.

Most of the friends I have are either extremely poor making near-minimum wage or don't work at all. ;(

Nihilego March 11th, 2016 6:26 AM

I know a good number of people who are in the top 1% and, although I know it's not amazing to make generalisations, they're hugely detached from the real world. It's not a life I'd want to lead because it isn't real life; most of them don't get the concept of not being able to do / have something because of money, or the concept of having to work to make money. They burn thousands on superficial things that they don't really want to do or appreciate doing; they just do it because they're able to. They're not working towards anything because they'll never have anything to work for. It's not something I can ever imagine feeling any sense of satisfaction or achievement from. I guess the word I'd use to describe it is "idle".

There's this one guy I know whose family basically lost all of their money, assets, etc. It's a long story behind how it happened but tl;dr, they had mad money and then they didn't. This guy was like... 18 at the time. He's 22 now and only in the past six months did he bother getting off his arse to look for a job. Now, I don't knock people for not having jobs because getting a job can be pretty tough, but despite his family losing absolutely everything and being on no income at all for a good while, it took him three and a half years to so much as look for a job. He was working age this whole time. It amazes me that he took so little initiative to deal with the situation he was in because he was so used to the money just being There.

Then again, I'm quite young and so are most of the people I'm talking about. They've been born into wealth so know nothing but wealth; ask me again in a decade or so and I'll probably tell you about people in the top 1% who are very wealthy yet still down-to-earth because they worked their way into it. It's also worth considering that I'm on the complete opposite end of the spectrum to these people so I'd probably say the same thing about much more than the top 1%, and also that in the UK there are huge issues right now around the whole rich vs poor thing. Sooooo ya. 8D

Fannie March 11th, 2016 6:41 AM

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Originally Posted by gimmepie (Post 9157400)
I'm about as broke as you can possibly be without being homeless.

Right there with ya. I wish I was part of the 1%. However out of touch it might make me I wouldn't have to worry about rent, bills or food every month. Money can't bring happiness but it can buy you a boat to sail alongside it. Someone famously said that. I forget who.

Keiran March 11th, 2016 7:51 AM

I know some people that make around that much. Most cases are not that fabulous. For example, I'm close friends with someones son who is around my age. He has 2 other children in their 40s. None of the 3 have ever had real jobs, and seemingly have no intention of getting one and they all live at home (even with their SOs and children). So this guy is supporting like 8 people, including his wife that doesn't and has never worked, on one pay check. So even though he makes 400k/year it's not going very far.

I just looked it up since people were mentioning the "millennial 1%". According to this wealth gap calculator I'm apparently in the top 10% of millennials...which is actually surprising....? But then again I don't personally know any millennial that makes a lot considering most people I know my age are unemployed. I live in an area considered 'poverty stricken'. ;/

Mobile Tsk March 11th, 2016 8:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Keiran (Post 9157898)
I know some people that make around that much. Most cases are not that fabulous. For example, I'm close friends with someones son who is around my age. He has 2 other children in their 40s. None of the 3 have ever had real jobs, and seemingly have no intention of getting one and they all live at home (even with their SOs and children). So this guy is supporting like 8 people, including his wife that doesn't and has never worked, on one pay check. So even though he makes 400k/year it's not going very far.

I just looked it up since people were mentioning the "millennial 1%". According to this wealth gap calculator I'm apparently in the top 10% of millennials...which is actually surprising....? But then again I don't personally know any millennial that makes a lot considering most people I know my age are unemployed. I live in an area considered 'poverty stricken'. ;/

That link you provided was a good read. I don't know any millenials making anywhere near that kind of money per year. Most people I know who just got out of college don't even have a job in their field. Most of them work at restaurants or bars or as receptionists.

Sir Codin March 11th, 2016 8:16 AM

The best job that I'm getting interviewed for will at most make me $25,000 a year. So, no, I'm not part of that afluent greedy capitalist therefore they all must die empire known as the "1%"

Imperator161 March 11th, 2016 3:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Keiran (Post 9157898)
I just looked it up since people were mentioning the "millennial 1%". According to this wealth gap calculator I'm apparently in the top 10% of millennials...which is actually surprising....? But then again I don't personally know any millennial that makes a lot considering most people I know my age are unemployed. I live in an area considered 'poverty stricken'. ;/

Those statistics are interesting. I guess most of my non-grad school millennial friends are doing a lot better than I thought, as I'd guess that most of them are in the top 10%, and a bunch are in the top 1%.

Cost of living also makes a big difference, though. You can have a top 1% income, but if you live in a top 1% cost of living area, your lifestyle may seem worse than if, say, you had a 50th percentile income but lived in a really cheap area.

Adore March 11th, 2016 4:37 PM

I have a few high-level banker types in my family, but I have no idea what their financial situation is (and would never dare to ask). They are all very private people, but from what I can tell they do live pretty fabulous lives. They travel wherever/whenever they want, they wear expensive clothes, they have multiple houses in areas with high costs of living, etc. One paid for his daughter's private university education out of pocket.

I find those relatives difficult to relate to and communicate with because they tend to be pretty out of touch with the world outside of their own financially successful bubble. Their solution to every problem is to throw money at it. They don't react well when they can't do that. I still kinda wish they would adopt me though.

Belinda March 11th, 2016 8:03 PM

No I'm not rich, If I ever come into money I want to be responsible with it. I live in an area where 1 million dollar homes surround me. I'm literally in the middle of these houses stuck in my apartment complex although there is luxury apartments across the street which I'd rather live in. We do have the families in my area who can afford luxury cars and expensive fashion. I'm just glad I have a place to live honestly!

Jetfire March 11th, 2016 9:24 PM

You have a winner. I say this modestly, I am in the 1%.

However, I did not inherit this money, I achieved it on my own. I definitely did not grow up in an affluent town. I was right in the middle of the dirty, dirty. The ghetto. I didn't like my surroundings and admired the people across the Hudson River. Yeah, Wall Street.

I was a weird child. Mon-Fri I would watch news channels and Saturday mornings I would watch my morning cartoons. At the age of 14, I was very interested in the stock market. It was around 2004 that I was able to convince my parents to invest in a few companies. One of them was Amazon. The rest is history.

Moral of the story? Invest in your future! Be smart, take risks, be hungry and always strive for better.

Sanguine March 14th, 2016 3:33 AM

My family's definitely up there when it comes to income, wealthy to the point where I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they were in the top 1%. Due to social circles and all, I know a lot of people who have similar incomes, and it's true that money can really blur perspective. On the other hand, my parents and siblings are some of the most charitable people I know (personality-wise and money-wise), so I guess a lot of it has to do with how you get the money that you have? Like Razor Leaf said, you'll probably find that those who had to work tremendously hard for any sort of wealth would be a lot more grounded that those that have never had to work for anything.

I don't see myself as having that much money though, I'm just a student with an okay salary for my age. When you factor in the amount I spend on food, clothes etc....I'm broke as fuck. I've always seen my family's money as money I can lean on for rainy days, but I like the idea of being self-sufficient.

Rogue planet March 14th, 2016 2:30 PM

why would anyone who has connections with the 1% ever be sat around browsing the internet

Mobile Tsk March 14th, 2016 3:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Gold warehouse (Post 9163762)
why would anyone who has connections with the 1% ever be sat around browsing the internet

Well we enjoy browsing PC, why couldn't an insanely rich person?

Rogue planet March 14th, 2016 3:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Benadryl (Post 9163833)
Well we enjoy browsing PC, why couldn't an insanely rich person?

Not to say they couldn't

There's just probably something more enjoyable if you're paid

Mobile Tsk March 14th, 2016 3:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Gold warehouse (Post 9163838)
Not to say they couldn't

There's just probably something more enjoyable if you're paid

That's true, though everyone needs some downtime. I agree this would be an unlikely place, but it's certainly possible.

Rogue planet March 14th, 2016 3:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Benadryl (Post 9163841)
That's true, though everyone needs some downtime. I agree this would be an unlikely place, but it's certainly possible.

If someone provides proof they're hella paid I'll eat my words

Otherwise I'm still doubtin

Bellsprout March 15th, 2016 7:20 AM

here to report even if i was in the 1% i would drop in from time to time

will post pay stub

Livewire March 15th, 2016 10:05 AM

Top 1% is in the multimillion dollar a year category. While my family is pretty well-off, we're upper middle class if that, and don't come close to the 1% category, I'd honestly be surprised if anyone here does actually.

Kanzler March 15th, 2016 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Livewire (Post 9164999)
Top 1% is in the multimillion dollar a year category. While my family is pretty well-off, we're upper middle class if that, and don't come close to the 1% category, I'd honestly be surprised if anyone here does actually.

I mentioned it in this thread already, but it's actually closer to 400k a year. Given the uproar over bankers and capitalists we've had over the past couple of years, I think bar is a lot lower than we'd imagine. The top 0.1% is where you get into multimillion per annum territory. Either way you're likely to be a millionaire because it's hard to spend all that money without investing it somewhere.

Mobile Tsk March 15th, 2016 1:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Kanzler (Post 9165006)
I mentioned it in this thread already, but it's actually closer to 400k a year. Given the uproar over bankers and capitalists we've had over the past couple of years, I think bar is a lot lower than we'd imagine. The top 0.1% is where you get into multimillion per annum territory. Either way you're likely to be a millionaire because it's hard to spend all that money without investing it somewhere.

Of course 400k a year is still a very large sum of money which over time can accumulate into a lot of wealth. Because families making 50k a year will likely spend all of their money (if not more) on living expenses and a 400k/year family can not only spend more on expenses and even luxuries, but then have even more to put away in savings.

seeker March 15th, 2016 2:35 PM

yeah i got 'em right here
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/normal/rattata-f.png

dad March 15th, 2016 8:17 PM

i spent a whole 10 dollars today and only slightly regretted it. i must be getting close to the top 1%


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