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by shawnz 1910 days ago
It's almost ironic to call someone a "millionaire" these days in Toronto, which has been badly affected by the real estate bubble.
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We got a good century of usage out of the term, but inflation has certainly caught up with it. A boomer that inherited $1m shortly after the end of WWII would be the equivalent of like $14m today with inflation.