# One million dollars needed for retirement?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-million-dollars-needed-for-retirement/1000593>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 21, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-million-dollars-needed-for-retirement/1000593 "2024-04-21T20:36:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-million-dollars-needed-for-retirement/1000593/321 "2024-06-20T12:53:52Z")

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That was basically the premise of _The Golden Girls_. The house belonged to Blanche, but all four of them lived there. Sadly, I don’t recall the details well enough to know if Dorothy and Rose were paying rent.

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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-million-dollars-needed-for-retirement/1000593/322 "2024-06-20T13:25:56Z")

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And I didn’t realize/remember until I just looked it up, but they’re an example of " the newer version" in that they didn’t know each other until Dorothy and Rose answered Blanche’s ad for roommates.

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