[SXX]

Have you checked real estate prices in Manhattan? Today for these prices you can likely buy an appartment.

Its just area itself is expensive. Not like owns mansion with a zoo and 100 servants.

[bigstrat2003]

That just means that there does not exist any "modest" property in Manhattan. It doesn't make a $6m purchase modest. There is no frame of reference whatsoever which can justify calling $6m "modest".

[wjnc]

He bought a house with < 1% of his net worth, which he made himself. Then proceeds to give away 100x that. Aristotle would call that modest and of a balancend demeanor. An absence of excess indeed. I would be living in a cardboard box with these figures. I can get some irritation with the worlds billionaire class. But I do think modesty is somewhat based on circumstance.

[downrightmike]

That's because half of the apartments aren't being rented to force up prices

[wahnfrieden]

The 6 million was a decade ago so can’t be compared with today’s prices

[giancarlostoro]

I mean he owns craigslist I am sure he can summon many people to do his bidding.

[mattkrause]

True—-but half of them forget to actually show up and many of the ones that do try to renegotiate the deal.

[giancarlostoro]

If you meme it well enough, you could get people to show up for free and still do it.