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** The Tropers bought their “expensive” items at a thrift store for cheaper prices
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** [[{{Envy}} The Tropers always want what others have, which keeps them from appreciating what they have.]]

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** [[{{Envy}} [[GreenEyedMonster The Tropers always want what others have, which keeps them from appreciating what they have.]]
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* '''Downplayed''': The Tropers are struggling to make ends meet, they rent but their property is acutely quite nice and at least their car's paid off?

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* '''Downplayed''': The Tropers are struggling to make ends meet, they rent but their property is acutely quite nice and at least their car's paid off?off.



** [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob The Tropers]] live in a mansion (and they have 6 vacation homes and two yachts), with PooledFunds, and ''still'' whine about how "poor" they are.

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** [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob [[UpperClassTwit The Tropers]] live in a mansion (and they have 6 vacation homes and two yachts), with PooledFunds, and ''still'' whine about how "poor" they are.
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** The Tropers are servants to the Rijkaards, who actually own the block.
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** In a futuristic setting the furniture all looks equally nice between supposed 'poor' and 'rich' but it turns out that automation ended up breaking that as an indicator. The real indication of wealth is in the size of lodgings and how central they are. Although they would still be considered the equivalent of at least upper middle class like a dual lawyer household judging by real estate, it is just that the middle class and upper end has gone even higher.
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** Alice is a young, up-and-coming intern at [=TropeCo Inc.=] Yet, she can afford a really nice penthouse apartment in [[BigAppleSauce Manhattan]]. She's only concerned about [[FirstWorldProblems not having enough for a designer dress that she wants.]]

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** Alice is a young, up-and-coming intern at [=TropeCo Inc.=] Yet, TropeCo/TropeCo yet, she can afford a really nice penthouse apartment in [[BigAppleSauce Manhattan]]. She's only concerned about [[FirstWorldProblems not having enough for a designer dress that she wants.]]

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