I feel there's some validity to that, but think it depends on the individual. I'd wager that most that feel that way began with meager means, had a work ethic as good as mine, saved for weekss to buy that 'like new' frigidaire, and felt fortunate and blessed for iced tea on a hot day in front of the rotating fan and color tv. I lived that. I grok.
But looking back from an opposite perspective, I can say w/o any doubt that 'you could [have] paid me' to live in a mansion and skip all that. And you wouldn't have had to pay me any more than my new luxury lifestyle required.
Would you have turned down a million dollar lottery payout in your 30s because you wanted to stay 'true to yourself' or some other nonsense? Could you have reconciled your grief when driving your Lamborghini by old neighbor's' bungalows on your way out of the boondocks? I'll guess yes.
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