It's all relative, by most common UK standards I'm poor as my family live in social housing in what is apparently one of the most deprived areas in Western Europe. Yet by the standards of my local area I'm well off, my dad has his own business doing water maintenance (even if not a great earner probably about 18000 a year max), and my family pushed me towards education heavily, enough that I did very well, and have just started low-paying work experience at the European Parliament. I'll admit I'm no doubt a gigantic failure by mighty Preme's standards. When I look at how some of my friends have lived I certainly feel wealthy, to me being wealthy is having the basics in life, food, shelter & enough to live comfortably, like not living in a flat with no central heatin & broken windows. I guess maybe as I get older things will change, but to me the thought of having £50,000 let alone £2m is wealthy.
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