500k would litterally pay off my house and enough for an index fund. I'll be set for life.
500k isn't even enough for 25% down payment for the mostly safe and white area I grew up inshits messed up man
500k isn't what it was. Remember you got all that COVID money? Now its worth about half in nominal terms.
>>62773158I got to 800k and I feel very poor. 6 years ago I went to walmart and eat 6 chicken wings, 2 sides for 4 bucks, I was so happy. Now that shit is 12 dollars. Any dinner is 30 bucks, street food at least 20. Now I have to go back to work because in 6 years anything will be 40 bucks.
>>62773158500k is retirement money
>>62773158Losing or gaining $500k would have no immediate impact on my life. In fact, I'm down over $500k from my $2.7 million ATH from over a year ago. #BLESSED
>>627731582k a month is life changing money
>>62773230this graphic is from 2016 and wholly out of date
>>62773228Meet me
I'd give it ALL TO CHARITYI do not want tainted dollar bills or tainted finances
>>62773230wow that image is actually accuratei was expecting a /biz/ meme>tfw lower middle class
>>62773452every number needs to be inflated by about 30% but it isn't entirely wrong tbqh
>>62773158It genuinely is.There are some $500,000 single bedroom single bathroom houses in Australia. With plenty of apartments.Are the homes outdated builds within a bees dick distant from your neighbours walls? sure. But a home is a home and I'd count my lucky stars were i able to get oneCurrently my life has felt like a mission to escape mummies clutches
>>62773158Define life, change and money.
I roundtripped 500k in 2025 bc I didn’t think it was enough I was wrong. Lord save me
lol i wish no but u could cop a comfy studio condo for that which is life changing i do suppose
>>62773452It literally says there that it's 2024. Pull your head out of your megacity ass. When you're retired, you can be retired in a small town in a flyover.>>62774000>lifeHow and where you spend your usual day>changeHaving a different form of something, in our case, how and where you spend your usual day (hint: no longer in a wagie cagie).>moneyA promise for future favor, measured by an arbitrary amount set by the local enforcers.In short, 500k USD is a sizeable guaranteed promise by the local enforcers where your future day to day activities will have a different form, most likely for the better (better meaning the person will feel less suffering).
>>62773158I could use a life change. Really, really badly.
>>62773158i feel your pain, had a similar realization the other day. maybe this bullrun we'll make it. we are far better off than the average person though. good luck!
>>62774802>this bullrunKek, whose gonna tell him?
I started this thread back in 2021 when people were getting rich and were posting "poortfolio" threads all over the board with over $1MM. The objective was to make them understand that having realized even 500k of said portfolio their life would've changed. It seems it didn't work out...
>>62773452If you're telling me 6k a month (largely untaxed) does not provide an upper middle class lifestyle you're just bad at finances
>>62773158Fuck off nigger
>>62773177It's not quite that bad where I am, but still fuck the NIMBY boomers who have effectively looted millennials and gen Z by making construction illegal after building or buying their own homes. It is an injustice that they will mostly have died or sold by the time we have enough of the vote to make building legal again.
>>62774819tell me what, man??
>>62773158I actually made 500k and I'm still looking for an apartment that's decent enough to buy and then rent out. It doesn't change your life, it just gives you opportunities to do somethingOpportunities cost money
Yeah, it changes your life into a boring ass purgatory where you don't really worry about bills and groceries or whatever, but you can't buy a house and retire unless you want to live in Gary, Indiana.
>>62775373For 500k you can buy a house, what kind of apartments are you even looking for?
