[ElDiabloJoe]

So, you're talking over the span of a lifetime? I mean, who drops $900K on a car?

As for housing, find me a house in Orange County for under $750K that isn't a mobile home or in rent-controlled Laguna Woods (formerly adult community Leisure World). At least find one over 1500 sq ft you would want to raise a family in.

Additionally, that housing price is probably not adjusted for people who bought a house once, made a few years of payments, then sold for a big profit and bought again just to do it again. I did that multiple times, so one is not paying the full asking price outright for each new home when one is rolling over equity (paid and gains) from a previous house.

I don't know what kind of vacations people are taking for $180K, I worked my whole career. A couple thousand less than 10 times to go to Napa or Hawaii, but that's about it.

My wedding was $2500 (Helllllo Vegas!), and I can't imagine I've spent that kind of money on pets over the years, and I've had at least one dog (as many as 4) since 1995 without interruption even up until today.

Still, kind of a fun thing to read through and compare with reality.