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by neilv 316 days ago
Presenter: "With a million dollars, you can own a nice home."

Presenter: "With two million dollars, you can own two nice homes."

Presenter: "With three mil--"

Audience: "Wait, who owns two nice homes, when so many people don't have any? Why is that even legal?"

Presenter: "Please, no interruptions; I have a lot more counting to do."

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In my neighborhood a million dollars would have a nice home, and 3 rental properties, for a total of 4 homes.
Four houses. You have one home. The rest are just houses.
Do people live in them? Then they're homes.
To them not to you.
In Australia, a million dollars (US or AUD, doesn't matter) is a deposit on a nice home.

My former boss just sold his business and become a multi-millionaire. He'll have to go back into the workforce to be able to afford a decent -- but not palatial -- home in a nice suburb.