> This "middle class" family with the $2M home and the $250k income could sell that home, move to middle America, get a ranch home for < $200k with $1.8M left o

> This "middle class" family with the $2M home and the $250k income could sell that home, move to middle America, get a ranch home for < $200k with $1.8M left over, and retire, never working again. That assumes they already own their home outright. It still takes a while, even earning $250k a year to pay off a $2M mortgage.