Your question was reasonable. I wondered the same thing. Perhaps it was misinterpreted as signalling some sort of defense of conspicuous consumption / flaunting of wealth. To be clear, that would be an irrational and unfounded interpretation, but such are the hazards of wading into emotionally charged issues (even if you aren't really wading in, just asking an honest question).

The 10% was who visited once or twice a year. Another 10% were never seen over the several years I lived there, and another 10% I saw several times per year. I didn't mean for the number itself to distract from the overall gist - my apologies. And, of course, those are all just rough estimates.