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Originally Posted by tonyw  That depends. My folks do well but you know what? My dad is still running around with an Omega watch from the 1950s. He said it's still working so why buy a new one? He drives his cars until they fall apart. They've lived in the same house for about 30 years now even though they could have that McMansion.
It's all about how you choose to live. If you don't give a crap about keeping up with the Joneses (who most of the time are leveraged like a subprime mortgage company with offices in Vegas, Orlando, and Orange County) then it is very easy to have that six figure job without having to buy the fancy car and house and blah, blah, blah. |
I think you missed the point of my post. While you make an excellent point about lifestyle - the point of my post was that a lot of the high end jobs out there require you, as a person, to also live a high end lifestyle. If my father showed up for a sales call on a $50 million government contract bid driving a 10 year old Volvo he'd get laughed out of the room. That's how life is played these days.
He'd take lobbyists out to lunch, wine and dine, etc. etc. Anything to get the contract. It was an expensive lifestyle. It had nothing to do with keeping up with the Joneses.
Another example. You've got to pick a lawyer. One drives a 1992 Honda Accord while the other drives an S-Class Benz. Who do you pick? Personally I'd go talk to the guy in the S-Class first.
(yes, I know you will come back with a remark about "I'd do my research blah blah blah" but we all know who the majority of the population would pick - which was my point).