Re:Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke
by Shared404 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:18PM
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> especially in more rural and suburban areas wherein projecting wealth isn't actually necessary to their professional identity.
I don't know about suburban areas in general. I think it largely depends on which neighborhood.
While it may not impact peoples professional identity, in many suburbs it impacts their social identity.
I agree. I don't think it's a surprise that someone who grew up during the Great Depression could be so frugal, even with massive wealth. Many people who were young during this time seem traumatized by it, often including their children.
If you were raised a certain way, in a certain era, it wouldn't be rational to spend it on 'frivolity'.
There are a lot of people like this. Tons of very rich folks living in normal homes, driving normal cars that they 'never buy news'.
I think in some ways more common than not, especially in more rural and suburban areas wherein projecting wealth isn't actually necessary to their professional identity.