Except most whites don’t show off their status through boats, cars and houses; at least not the ones I know living out here in the sticks, whom are quite affluent. I am quite affluent, but you would never know it from my beat up pick up, my lack of a boat, or my very modest older home. Only ones I know who behave like that are liberals.
I was taught by my father,a child of the Depression,to live below my means...as he did for the last 40+ years of his life.Doing so was tough when I was starting out...because my "means" were pretty meager.But now I,like you,am absolutely fine with living fairly modestly.