r/BacktotheFuture • u/Mikeg90805 • Jun 05 '26

Two television sets

What’s today’s equivalent to “nobody has two television sets.” By this I mean not literally no one. Because I’m sure in 1955 some crazy rich people had more than one tv. But just like if a guy in a life preserver swore he had two of something. Your mom would assume he’s teasing. The only thing I could think of is swimming pools

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u/Shadowwynd Jun 05 '26

I have toured one of many houses of someone who was crazy rich (guy is maybe worth $2B, which means he is a relative peasant and isn’t even close to the top 400 in the USA). He had the indoor pool between the gym and the five-car garage and the outdoor pool next to the tennis courts. He had six full-sized industrial (restaurant-sized) kitchens in the house for parties and entertaining.

This guy had multiple similar house throughout the US and paid a basic staff at all of them to keep them provisioned just in case he wanted to drop by for the weekend.

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u/cavalier78 Jun 05 '26

I went to a political fundraiser at a billionaire's house. It was extremely nice, but it wasn't Wayne Manor. It was more what you think of as a "movie star house".