There aren't that many people above you, but 1% of the US population is still millions, and they have an outsized influence and visibility.
Property also suffers from "pigeonhole" effects; a few foreign millionaires parking their money in empty properties at the top end causes everyone to move along one.
> nobody around to tell me what to do
Presumably you wouldn't both mention her participation and dismiss her presence in the same breath...
Not sure what you're trying to say about this reflecting on me, it's just an amusing contradiction. I think it reflects well on my sense of humor.
Why are you failing so hard at seeing your choice of wording through a humorous lens?
As written, your statement reads like "there's nobody around, and as a result, nobody is here to tell me what to do."
In the same breath you mention there being someone else around, but apparently your wife doesn't count as somebody.
It's funny, and judging from the +27 of my comment illustrating the amusing self-contradiction, I'm not alone in finding the humor.