"by local standards" and yet the article mentions twice the unemployed domestic staff and nannies who don't even have a job never mind $80000 of disposable income a year.

We have friends (a lot less affluent) who whilst far richer than us complain about their poverty, or at least the (non-working) wife does. I always say I'll start worrying when they ditch the second car. Ditto for this woman.