I'm not poor. The state pays my rent. The state pays most of my medical costs. If I want I can make the state pay my dental costs as well, though then I'll have to reveal for my dentist that I have AS.
I can't afford expensive cars or really beautiful women but I can afford most other things I want.
Same here; I'm comfortable with what I've got, which is about £6,000/year plus medical/dental etc and no rent since I live with my mum, though I pay my way and pretty much just give her most of it, since I only need to spend a very small amount to keep myself happy, entertained, fed and clothed, I'm not allowed to save up more than about £2000 and most of what I give her ends up being invested and will ultimately make up my inheritance, which if it's large enough, will enable me to live without benefits and the restrictions and hassles that come with them once she's gone and I'm on my own.
While it might be nice to have an affluent lifestyle, the process of funding it is something that I'd find very difficult, stressful and unpleasant, and I don't regard it as a good trade for me, personally. My sister is at the other end of the spectrum; she's a GP and her husband is a GP, they earn £100k/year each and yet she complains about always being short of money. They don't even have a big mortgage; just expensive tastes in food, wine, furniture, holidays and night-life as far as I can tell. My uncle is even more extreme; he's a GP too, works 7 days a week, has very high blood pressure that's probably going to kill him soon, complains about always being tired, generally finds life miserable and still finds time to complain about not having enough money, even though all he seems to do with it is give it away to Christian missionary organisations by the shovel-full while driving a cheap old car and wearing clothes that he probably got from a charity shop.
