If you were rich, what would you buy?

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A nice, big mansion in Los Angeles. And perhaps maybe a 2nd house in Australia or New Zealand.

It's not just the fact that I come from a working-class background, it's the fact that no matter how hard I try (and people say I work really hard and am good at what I do), there is always something that stands in my way, usually the fact that I am not taken seriously for whatever reason, that I am at the bottom of the social hierarchy or, as in the year just gone by, the recession meaning that I lost my job a while back and had to find a new one on a lower income. But then this has happened to a lot of people in the UK recently, as I'm sure it has in other countries too. At least I have a job though, some are unlucky enough to be completely out of work. It's very difficult to achieve anything when you have others or something pushing you down all the time, and I'm not talking minor hiccups either, they are major setbacks. I'm having to start from scratch all over again, so it will be a while before I get what you would call a career. I am ambitious but without the tools to see through my ambitions, it's deeply frustrating.

Who is it that's doing that? You shouldn't let them affect you, much less prevent you from doing what you want. Just because some people don't take you seriously, it dosen't mean others will be like that too. Also, if you are running your own business, you are at the top of the social hierachy within that business.

OMG if I was rich I would buy us a wonderful appartment at the top level of a house in the centre of our city. Thats what we dream about now and more or less trying to find but yeah lack of money kinda prevents it...

I would buy the property north of my house. Hire an architect to design and build a kind of quad-plex (each quad having 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen,etc) with a central family-room and kitchen. One section for each of my 2 kids, our selves and one for guests. Oh, heck, I'm rich right ? make it and octi-plex.
There is on this property a pond. Next to the pond I would have designed and built a replica of
PeeWee's Playhouse.

I would buy a large estate in the city with several rooms, then take care of several people for the rest of my days. I'd probably donate to Habitat for Humanity, too. That's a good charity.

If I was rich, I'd

Start up, edit, and publish an arts magazine

Be a Maecenas to a flexible fashion designer and furniture maker with much input from me

Build a private library

Make a labyrinth with several alcove gardens of my favorite flowers, incorporate lights for nocturnal delectation. if extremely rich, a several-tiered labyrinth.

Donate some money to idiosyncratic scientific researches and possibly set up a grant/endowment not for artists, proper, but for the p.r. of artists/designers. the face of things is often apparent, but what makes them possible is often an assortment of forces--recognition and support for those forces would be a good thing, I think.

design lodgings inside and out

If it comes in dark metalic blue and go above 80 MPH, yes.

I would buy my father's property, give him, my mother, and my sister a paid off place to live so I can have that land for myself. My Father and sister badly want to leave that place. Mow down the house I grew up in, and stick a nice monolithic dome in it's place, with stairs and three bed rooms, two bathrooms. Soil and stuff for the garden, so it would stop struggling to survive. I nice cute puppy to hold and play with, and other things so I pay limited bills.

I would invest it carefully in garanteed stock portfolios.

I would siphon off the interest to:

1) Help the Christian Leprosy Foundation with large donations (Leprosy really tugs at my heart strings)

2) Buy a large chunk of waterfront property near where I live now.

3) Dig a deep well and put in a septic system.

4) Invest in Green power & Heating systems mounted in or on their own structures. (And live 100% off the grid)

5) Build a two story 12" log home. with a vaulted ceiling and large central great room, open kitchen, spiral stairs. etc.

6) Build a large steel building that has room enough to house a biodiesel manufacturing facility (compleete with 1930's era fuel pumps), four 1 tonn truck lifts, and a complete wood working shop.

7) Build a GREEN campground next to the lake aproximately 50 sites. (each isolated with bush for privacy)

Buy two Belgian Turvurian Sheepdogs and train them well.

9) Buy a few dozen diesel Mercedes from the late 70's to early 80s, convert them to run on Biodiesel or Waste Veg oil. Then sell them to folks at a fair price and supply their Fuel at a modest price.

10) Buy a 2010 four door long box Dodge Cummins powered one tonne truck for our family lifestyle. (and convert it to run on waste veg oil or Biodiesel

I wish I was doing this stuff already, and unless I die early or give up, this is what my future holds in store for me, but it will take me a very long time to acheive (My lifetime).

Oh well my stock investments still made me money right through this recession. Far from rich but a few steps in the right direction.

I'd buy a home in the hills of scotland and get a Ford GT. Silver with black stripes. I'd have a dog, a sheltie. I'd get my own private aircraft and fly to several cities over the world. Once there rent a fabulous car and explore the land. Check out all the sights and stay at the most awesome hotels.
I'd keep doing this until I ran of money.

I'd buy a home in the hills of scotland and get a Ford GT. Silver with black stripes. I'd have a dog, a sheltie. I'd get my own private aircraft and fly to several cities over the world. Once there rent a fabulous car and explore the land. Check out all the sights and stay at the most awesome hotels.
I'd keep doing this until I ran of money.

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Then I would buy a dilapilated house in Detroit, Michigan and then slowly rehabilitating it, with the latest gadgets and electronics stuff coupled with 3 cars: Cadillac Escalade, Hummer H2 and Chevrolet Aveo. I think Black Bottom would make a nice place to live. Then occasionally, I will just hang out with buddies outside...
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Are you kidding?
The local gang bangers in Detroit would steal your cars, invade your home and kill you within a month.

If I were rich I'd start up my own radio station in charleston.
Help out the rest of my family and friends.
Help my friend get signed by a good record company.
Travel the world and record everything.
Buy a house Downtown.
Rescue a few dogs from the pound.
And buy a Nissan GTR.

I think I'd be happy.

I would move back to WA state to be near my family, especially my brother and my mother. My brother and I would raise our kids together. We have difficulty planning things and being spontaneous such as "Lets go to the mountains today" I always thought I had spontaneity but realize, I actually don't. He is really good at those things! I would love to have a view of Mt. Baker like he does and perhaps a view of a lake.

That would include a bigger house with a large room that would be specific to building our own train tracks - mainly for my six year old son. We would make our own decorations such as trees, mountains --- It would be great. Another room for an office for my husband. A play room and a completely separate guest house
That would also include a bigger yard to put a trampoline in for my kids.
I have other things but as for material possessions, that is it

I don't necessarily want a HUGE house, just something comfortable so our little family doesn't feel like we are walking all over each other.

I would also like to be one of those people who help raise money for charities. Perhaps build my own from the ground up but would be a Christian organization (or help one that's pretty darn good already). I am also interested in helping to fund building wells in Africa and providing an education for those who can't afford. Oh, and I want to help orphanages. There are organizations in China and other places that helps kids with special needs. A lot of them have really no hope. I would want to support the medical side.

I would buy a really good camera, a laptop and a TV.

Depends on just how rich.

But, given a large enough amount, I'd work out approximately how much I'd need to retire comfortably, distribute a portion amongst my brothers, mother, uncle and grandparents and the remainder would be donated to a number of charities of my choosing.