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That's just... too much stuff. If it were me and I liked flying, maybe I'd own a jet. But all that other stuff? I'd be happier using the cash to fund scholarships for poor ghetto kids. But most people who manage to get as rich as Travolta, don't think that way.
There was an article in the paper by some sociologist who studied the very rich and their houses. He found that many of these people had several absolutely huge homes, but used most of them infrequently. What he found out was that for a lot of these people, the "fun" was creating the house: planning it, building it, decorating it, all that. But then, when that was over... they lost interest. The home wasn't really to live in, and in many cases was too huge to live in conveniently; things were just too far apart. And so, a year or two later... they'd start another house.
I live for the day when somebody turns these monuments to consumption into community college, ashrams, or something useful.
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