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That can’t possibly be true. I’m not saying you’re lying, just… holy shit I though it’d be way more than that. This is for US citizens?

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I mean, wouldn’t be too out-there. How many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck with some sort of massive debt? How many can’t afford to have any assets? How many more accrue even greater debt to either survive, or drop money they don’t have on shit they don’t need (like that latest BMW) just so they can keep up with the Joneses?

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This is for all people, worldwide. North America is very rich, relatively speaking.

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I’ve read this before and continue to remain stunned since the cost of living is so ridiculously high in so many American cities.

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Ah, ok, I suppose that makes a bit more sense then.

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The number was $1,212,000 to be in the 90th percentile in the US in 2017 according to https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2020/demo/p70br-170.pdf

But worldwide, it was indeed about $93,000. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/07/how-much-money-you-need-to-be-in-the-richest-10-percent-worldwide.html

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Very interesting. That’s more in line with what I was thinking it would be for the United States. Thanks for looking that up and providing the info.

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