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Related: About this forum"Super Rich" worried that if East Hampton airport shuts down, they can't land their private aircraft
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"Super Rich" worried that if East Hampton airport shuts down, they can't land their private aircraft (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jun 2018
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usaf-vet
(7,768 posts)1. Poor little rich folks have to be inconvienced by other American.
Suck it up. Try living as a poor or middle class American who see their jobs and financial security being plunder by spoiled rich snobs.
sandensea
(23,186 posts)2. The 1920s had nothing on this Gilded Age.
Let's just hope it doesn't end the same way.
bucolic_frolic
(54,481 posts)3. Maybe it's me
even if i had the money to have all this stuff, i don't know how I would find the time to service it, even if I were managing others to do it for me. It's just not that important, and i wouldn't trust most of them to do it right.
the most toys win? no. the most enjoyment, the most contentment, the most relaxation, the most piece of mind wins. a life well-lived is not squandered on conspicuous consumption, making others rich, or making others miserable to make myself feel important.
