This is exactly my point though. If you look at averages, a jumbo home owner in the US is considered wealthy — but only if you ignore their local market. Like in the Bay Area where you could earn $100k a year and still be considered “low income”. These people may be huge earners compared to the average American. It doesn’t mean they’re living the lavish lifestyles of the rich and famous. A lot of them are living paycheck-to-paycheck. Markets are relative.

Similarly, the average American making over $40k a year will not consider themselves the 1%, but to the average citizen of the world they are.