If somebody is making $250K and they end up with only six grand and change after an ‘average’ lifestyle for a year, then something is terribly wrong with the average lifestyle.
If you want to be rich, lower your expectations and you’ll become rich overnight.
Assuming the $250k is gross, dual income, family income it can go very quickly.
Buy all the insurance one is supposed to, put away some in 401k, pay taxes, put some towards kids college and braces, then what’s left over is still more than what most of us have but it isn’t rolls royce money.
$250k people don’t live where I live and don’t drive what I drive...so they are probably just as broke just at a higher standard of living.
And they certainly don’t feel rich.