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Warren "all you can eat" Buffet (midwest.social)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Where did you find that average net worth for 35-44 year olds? That seems much higher than I expected. What's the median?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, you actually shared the median. The average is $1.06 million. I guess I know some broke-ass people, and am one myself. Almost everyone I know is well below those numbers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Outliers are undoubtedly massively skewing the average.