You're right, bud. However much you have, it's only natural to look "above" rather than "below", but after that euphoria wears off and we come back down to earth, adjusting our expectations in accordance with our lifestyle and environment come into play, as then does our belief or disbelief in the system. A strict set of variables are most certainly at play here and it is up to us to ascertain how they all connect together.

As I mentioned it my post, it is as subjective a topic as we can get. :)