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[–] [email protected] 90 points 8 months ago (15 children)

That's generational wealth. He probably doesn't have to do anything but plays at being a businessman or something. People doing mortgage calculations don't understand how the wealthy live.

[–] chiliedogg 45 points 8 months ago (8 children)

I'm in the development office of a tiny city that's an enclave for the super-rich.

It's a different world. We're talking houses with 4 bedrooms but a dozen bathrooms because of all the space taken up by the art galleries, wine cellars, catering kitchens, libraries, etc.

Our city development code has a section on servant's quarters.

I'm reviewing plans for a guest house that's 4,000 square feet and has a rooftop tennis pavilion.

Another one bought the 4 mansions down the street and leveled them to build a private soccer field for the kids.

These people literally don't understand what the rest of the world is like. I'll get angry phone calls demanding that road work be stopped the next city over because they don't want guests to see the construction workers from the north tower's terrace, and they don't understand why that's an unusual request and why I can't fix it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fairfield County somewhere? Or maybe Sonoma or Bakersfield?

[–] chiliedogg 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sorry.

It's a very small city with an even smaller staff. Any more details would peg precisely who I am.

[–] rob_t_firefly 2 points 8 months ago

I bet you are in Roy, New Mexico.

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