I really think that it depends on the person. I come from a half and half family. lol, my dad side has the money, and my mom side doesn't. I grew up very poor. My mom and dad were constantly fighting, and as a result my sister, and I paid the consequences. I do have a aunt on my mom's side that does have things, and in a sense it has gone to their heads. (kids, husband). My sister thinks her identify is threw money. She gets off on someone else's misery. Meaning she doesn't want anyone to have more then her. She will hurt you just to out due the next person. As a result from her choices, she has suffered the consequences with loosing some very important people in her life. I have meet people with money, and they can be nice, just like a poor person can be nice. It is really on who the person is. A bigger bank account doesn't mean they have a better life. They might have more things, but that's all they have. Personally I'm happy in my life. I don't have the best of everything, but I'm not struggling either. I have been lost things before threw tough times. I'm just happy that everything is being paid. I rather be poor and happy, then rich with always worrying about something.