GO Porsche Guy, you tell him! Seems like you have quite the knack for logic and reason there
All he was saying, Stuttgarter, is that
everyone is image conscious - LA isn't a stand alone case.
What Porsche Guy and rnds have said is spot on though.
A: Thats crazy Its hard to imagine how it feels to be filthy rich. I wish I was in your/their shoes.
B: Thier shoes are pretty good.... Live really, really comfortble. Thats not me though, not even close....
A: dont be modest [b], [where I'm from] we wouldnt exactly call you a poor man. If you lived [here] with a CL55 and that fine house of yours you would be called a millionare.
B: [Where you are] yes.... [Here,] nope. Im not in bad shape, but with making money comes alot more responsibilty and expenses too. Millionaire i wish!
The fact is that for all intents and purposes 'B' would be considered wealthy, or at least well-to-do, by the majority of the world's population.
But this is simply a falsity and certainly not the nature of wealth. When you have it, you need to maintain it and you need to build it (in general terms, of course).
That's what I think anyway.