• mcv@lemmy.zip
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    14 hours ago

    Yeah, but people with more expensive cars than that are still likely millionaires. I’ve been thinking of buying a boat for years, but that boat would still be a lot smaller than these. (And I still haven’t because it’s not just the purchase, but also maintenance and mooring.)

    Although friends of us do have a boat that might be that size. They also live on a houseboat. They don’t have a regular house, and if they have a car, I haven’t seen it.

    So I guess middle class people can own a boat like that, but it takes sacrifices in other areas.

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      14 hours ago

      I’ve been thinking of buying a ~40’ sailboat like that (an older used one for <$100k, BTW), but it would be to live aboard full-time and become nomadic while either selling or renting out my house.

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        11 hours ago

        See? Then it just becomes an affordable (if cramped) house.

        I’ve also known people who had their own massive custom built catamaran that they lived on. Traveled around the world on that thing, accepting paying passengers to travel with them part of the way.