Sure and 76K will put you in the top 1% in sub-Saharan Africa.
I think you are missing the point. In most of the US, there simply aren't enough opportunities to make 6M. To make 6M in the first place, you have to be in a high CoL place like SFBA or NYC. Or at least that was the case until very recently.
And once you put roots down in a high CoL place and have a total wealth of 6M, it is much harder to uproot and move somewhere else. Barring maybe a few who came from low CoL areas and still have roots and connections there.
I don't think they are missing the point, really - the average income in NYC is still "only" about 100k.
Choosing to live in more expensive parts of the city and for 2.5 times that may open up lots of opportunities, and that's all good. You just are just butting up against the realm where calling yourself middle class becomes silly. People have a weird psychological affinity to self-identifying this way, but "I know a bunch of people who make 10x what I make", isn't really a good argument for it. Having a few million in assets definitely puts you out of the running, which is where you are likely to end up if you have this sort of salary for a while and aren't stupid with it.
I think you are missing the point. In most of the US, there simply aren't enough opportunities to make 6M. To make 6M in the first place, you have to be in a high CoL place like SFBA or NYC. Or at least that was the case until very recently.
And once you put roots down in a high CoL place and have a total wealth of 6M, it is much harder to uproot and move somewhere else. Barring maybe a few who came from low CoL areas and still have roots and connections there.