I don't know people who massively consume or have huge houses or even big TVs..that I know of. They might have two cars if two or more people are working and need them (or think they do)to get to work..and it is a big country and often commutes are long and not doable by public transport. I am without a car now and maybe forever and I just can not get places here.

I think America is a country of very poor people, combined with many barely making it combined with a good but worried middle class and some instant millionaires. There are pockets of old money, but it is always being replaced with new.

Condescension towards Americans is nothing new, but it is unbecoming I think...especially if you are one. Look around, there is something to like somewhere. mg