• AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      Almost certainly. Having $1M is unremarkable these days. Technically a millionaire is someone with more than a million and less than a billion, but usually these days it refers to people with hundreds of millions.

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        5 hours ago

        A million could buy you like… Two houses. Maybe 3 or 4 at a push if they’re small.

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          House on my street recently sold for a bit over a million. 3 bed, 2 bath, ok view of the ocean, on a quarter acre. Ludicrous.

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            With an ocean view and that big a house? Damn cheap

            (Crying in a town where lots are in “square feet”, because no one has lots that big)

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          Yeah, not up here in the northeast. Maybe two condos if they’re small enough and old enough

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      what kind of math? you did 1 million/99?
      that’s meaningless… yes, he would have had to spend several million to do this… they’re probably tiny homes…

      and hell the whole meme is probably fake

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        it’s real. the ‘millionaire’ sold a startup for $340m. the homes are in new brunswick and cost $50k ea to build and furnish. the land was $500k. the houses are ~ 240-300 sq ft tiny homes. rent (at the time that source was written) starts at $200.

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        what kind of math?

        Tap for spoiler

        It was literally the first sentence of my comment 🤣