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I agree with the guy above who said that the best thing about having a lot of money is freedom of choice. The more money you have, the more options you have in any situation. The people who waste tons of money on appearances don't have any self-image outside of having their money; they have to spend it self-consciously to look important. Without their money, they'd have no identity. Wouldn't know who they were.
Then there are the other kind. I had a friend who grew up in a very affluent area, and he knew this guy who was worth 30 or 50 million, and he always drove around in this old flatbed truck. If you asked him why he drove an old truck instead of a Mercedes or something, he'd just smile at you and say, "It's a really GREAT truck," and open the hood and natter on about the engine for ten minutes. There are a lot of rich people out there who don't look rich, because they've got a self-image which doesn't require them to impress others with possessions.
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