most people can live quite richly on around $50k/year, depending on where they live and what they're doing. especially if you're willing to pony up some cash u

most people can live quite richly on around $50k/year, depending on where they live and what they're doing. especially if you're willing to pony up some cash up front to buy your house/car if you want to own one. but, if your idea of richly is tainted by popular culture, and you want to buy some yachts and collect expensive cars, then yeah, you're going to go broke.