There was a time, a long time ago, when ordinary people could afford luxuries like mink or chinchilla coats, diamond rings, pearl necklaces, Bentleys and Rolls Royces.
Today, it takes a lot of imagination to be able to mortgage out most of what ordinary people do to buy a home.
There really isn't much room for luxuries for the majority of working people, sorry to say.
Therefore, what do you consider a luxury item, and why would you want it? (Please, not a Japanese made Lexus, that's just a glorified toyota...sorry).
2006-08-22 12:49:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The best luxury item I guess I'd love to be able to afford - is to buy and give each of my children a home of their own. My husband's grandmother was a wealthy Jewish single mother, who moved her family to San Carlos from China in 1930. She bought a lot of land at that time and an entire city block in a nice neighborhood. When each of her 6 children got married, she had a home built on their lot on the street. So...all of her children were neighbors. How cool would THAT be!
You're right - in this area (The Bay Area) most people have trouble paying the rent on a small 2 bedroom apartment ($1500+ per month).
2006-08-22 12:59:48 · answer #1 · answered by suzieq 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like a new heating system. Mine is 50 years old and I worry every winter that it will go to neverland. But who has 6 to 7 grand for that? It is a luxury
2006-08-22 12:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by antiekmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Universal Health Care.
2006-08-22 12:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A luxury item is an affordable college education.
2006-08-22 13:03:43 · answer #4 · answered by yaybrittany 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be honest i would say at this moment i really want a fendi handbag the bag cost about 400 to 1000 .i know its not the most luxuries thing out there but its something that i think i will be able to afford in a couple weeks .soo thats what i really really want at the moment
2006-08-22 12:58:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to win the lottery ($10million or more), or at the very least I'd like a new car (probably Toyota) (totally paid for by someone else but titled in my name), a car that does flex fuels. I would mind having some land with a small house on it.
2006-08-22 12:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by sophieb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now a brand new pair of shoes would be luxury to me.I'm a waitress and spend eight hour's a day on my feet.
2006-08-22 13:00:18 · answer #7 · answered by Dorrie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tank of gasoline would qualify as a luxury. Could use that right now.
2006-08-22 12:52:05 · answer #8 · answered by -Tequila17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I want a huge saltwater tank (in a house big enough to hold it, naturally) for a pet octopus. I could teach it tricks and feed it a crab each day. It would love me and turn happy colors and kiss me with its tentacle sucker things. Oh, and I'd have to have a crab tank, too. I guess that's more than one thing. Oh, well. I want a pet octopus.
2006-08-22 12:53:13 · answer #9 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The luxury I'd like to have most right now is MONEY!
2006-08-22 12:55:11 · answer #10 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋