# POLL: What is your net worth? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114 "2020-09-21T04:01:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/21 "2020-09-21T23:10:33Z")
We have zero debt, which bumps things up quite a bit. That includes both vehicles and the house, the combined worth of which is about $600K in today’s market. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/22 "2020-09-21T23:14:21Z")
When I do “money” polls I usually include ranges like: Under 0 0-1000 1000-2500 2500-5,000 5,000-10,000 10,000-25,000 … So each range is approximately a power of 2, but in “round” numbers. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/23 "2020-09-21T23:18:24Z")
If you want “money” numbers, use a different multiple than 2. You can do multiples of 10 really easily (each bucket is 9 times as big as the previous): 0-10 10-100 100-1000 If you want more graduations, use a number close the the nth root of 10 and round to the nearest convenient number. Like, if you want to split each factor of 10 into 6 buckets, use the 6th root of ten. Probably just use the cube root. Three buckets per factor of ten works out very close to 2,5,10. 5 isn’t exactly twice 2, but it’s close enough and it leaves you with very “round” numbers that people are used to because fingers. 10-20 20-50 50-100 100-200 200-500 etc. Money comes in 1,2,5,10,20,50, etc. because it’s more convenient to have more graduations between each factor of ten, and we five-fingered monkeys like working with factors of 2 and 5. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/24 "2020-09-21T23:29:24Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > Holy cow! With 56 votes, the option in the lead is $2-3.5M. I guess it shows how much the board skews older and richer. Who will all argue they’re not well off because they work, too, going by past threads… ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/25 "2020-09-22T00:57:58Z")
We now have 3 people claiming \>$50M. I suspect some or all of these are being smartasses especially since there’s such a gap to the next lower range that anyone chose. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/26 "2020-09-22T02:50:37Z")
Until about 52 responses, the “$0 or less” choice was ~47% of respondents, now at 89 votes it’s 8%. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/27 "2020-09-22T02:57:51Z")
That’s not possible mathematically: 47% of 52 is over 24 votes, and 8% of 89 is only a bit over 7 votes. I can’t change my vote, so unless others somehow can… ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/28 "2020-09-22T02:59:33Z")
It was 40-something around late 40s responses. 47 @ 52 responses stuck in my head, and it was something like that. Interestingly I _can_ change my vote. I just switched it then switch it back. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/29 "2020-09-22T03:04:02Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Interestingly I _can_ change my vote. I just switched it then switch it back. Hmm. Well now, look at that, I did too. That’s a different kind of feature. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/30 "2020-09-22T03:30:58Z")
Yeah, not liking the vote changing, not a fan. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/31 "2020-09-22T03:48:15Z")
I still can’t change my vote, though there have been others that allowed me to. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/32 "2020-09-22T03:58:11Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I still can’t change my vote, though there have been others that allowed me to That’s strange… You tried clicking on the “Show vote” button under the poll? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/33 "2020-09-22T06:53:33Z")
I ain’t got diddly-squat, and it’s unlikely to ever improve for me. The most money I have ever had at any one time would likely be laughably sad to most of you. It’s always been a struggle; even when things go right, it so easily goes wrong and spirals into disaster again, right back to square one. I’m just one of life’s failures, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/34 "2020-09-22T06:58:05Z")
About 25 to 30 dollars once repaired and in good shape-40 to 50 dollars during fishing season. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/35 "2020-09-22T07:47:45Z")
Yes, I can change my vote too when I press “show vote”. Does not feel right. All of my wealth is in cash and shares, no mortgage, no house, no 401.k in Europe, almost no pension savings (they say I have, but I don’t really trust them. The law and our collective agreements forced me to sing up, but whatever: it does not change the bracket I selected anyway). Always lived in rented appartments since I left my parent’s house. I can double the value of my car by filling it up. Frankly, I don’t know why I still work and what to do with all the money. But my wife is probably right when she says that if I quit working I will go down the drain and drink, eat, smoke and sloth myself to death. And I used to like my job before Covid made it a pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/36 "2020-09-22T12:34:50Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Yes, I can change my vote too when I press “show vote”. Does not feel right. No, but it also doesn’t feel right to me that a light tap on one choice voted, without any “are you sure this is what you want to say” dialogue. So if people are using it to say, “shit, I didn’t mean to click that, I was just trying to move my pointer to the right spot, I will fix it right now” that’s a good thing. ETA: I just tested, and hey look, I can change my vote, too. I changed it, then changed it right back. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/37 "2020-09-22T12:41:01Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > We now have 3 people claiming \>$50M. I suspect some or all of these are being smartasses especially since there’s such a gap to the next lower range that anyone chose. Hey, I WORKED for this $100M, okay? Its rude for you to doubt that. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/38 "2020-09-22T16:11:23Z")
This sounds like a job for a series of Preferred Numbers! > **[Preferred number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_number)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > In industrial design, preferred numbers (also called preferred values or preferred series) are standard guidelines for choosing exact product dimensions within a given set of constraints. > Product developers must choose numerous lengths, distances, diameters, volumes, and other characteristic quantities. While all of these choices are constrained by considerations of functionality, usability, compatibility, safety or cost, there usually remains co... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/39 "2020-09-22T16:56:00Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > ETA: I just tested, and hey look, I can change my vote, too. I changed it, then changed it right back. I suspect that’s just another side effect of the general [Discourse = edit forever, SDMB = edit briefly] thing. When TPTB tweaked the setting for edit time limit, they probably just missed the separate setting for vote time limit. If there is such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114/40 "2020-09-22T18:52:49Z")
Or skews towards people lying on the poll. These things are fun but I’m not convinced people answer them honestly. I answered honestly but I made a mistake. I just inherited half of my mom’s house and I forgot to throw that home equity in. I was on the high end of the range I selected and this would’ve put me into the bottom end of the next range. ETA: I just read the post above mine, I think I can change my answer, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-net-worth/921114.md?page=3)