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[honeylocusttree]

Ugh rich people ugh

ETA: Sorry for being obscure. Just visited a local country club for an interview. Drove past homes literally worth millions of dollars. Completely failed to comprehend the desire to own a home worth millions of dollars--or to be a member of a country club.

I had a fit of giggles as I drove by them though. It brought a tear to my

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[claudiapriscus]

I can understand the lure of multi-million dollar homes. Some of them, anyway. One of those sweet old victorian homes in Pacific Heights in San Francisco would be a very nice way to live.

But I don't really get the love the uber wealthy have for sprawling monstrosities. Or, as you say, country clubs.

[honeylocusttree]

Honestly I don't understand wanting things, beyond a very basic level. Especially when it comes to living spaces--it doesn't feel natural to me, it's so hard to conceptualize. I care about the outdoors--like is the area rural or urban and how many neighbors and how close to a highway--but the indoors is hard for me to care about much, in the sense of thinking of it as something to want. I can look at a place and appreciate it aesthetically--there were a lot of nice old homes in Cincy where I lived, though it was a ghetto area so they'd all been broken up for apartments. But they looked nice. And I'll happily and cheerfully enjoy pictures of nice old buildings and well-crafted design that makes good use of small spaces. But. I wouldn't want to own one. Imagine the upkeep, and the property taxes. And of course once you're in one, how could you ever get out

[claudiapriscus]

This is my fantasy: If I had enough money to live in a place like Pacific Heights or Santa Cruz or any one of the incredibly lovely places with insane property values, I'd be so wealthy that dealing with all the taxes and upkeep and all that would be somebody else's job

[honeylocusttree]

Oh, absolutely. I've been in nice houses and it's very cozy and homey. And I don't begrudge people having that. But I do think there's a logical cutoff at which point the money could be better spent elsewhere. But no one ever believes me when I say that

[claudiapriscus]

Oh well, when I said someone handling it, I wasn't thinking staff in the home. Just you know, if a pipe bursts, you just call a plumber. If the foundation needs repair, you call a contractor. Your money and investments are handled by your accountant, tax attorney, and investment broker