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Nice to have all the modern comforts. Some of the recent ones have ridiculously powerful engines too.
If money was no object , what hobbies would you have?
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I'd probably learn to fly planes, then a business private jet. Try to start a private charter jet ferry business. Build some tennis court parks, maybe start a tennis resort and hotel/restaurant.
As for community concerns. I don't know, if money was "no object", assuming tens or even hundreds of millions, I'd try to get some private organization going, away from the corruption of local and city governments wasting (or profiting from) federal and state allocated homeless funds, hire some lobbyists, whatever to get better zoning to build cheaper smaller housing, so homeless could move in there, or at least room by room shelters, not the current camp like ones . I'd seen one work in the past with rooms like a hotel with observation staff to help mental or addicted people undergoing rehab and kept a bunch of them not homeless. The homeless situation is just getting out of control at the end of the last decade and at the beginning of this one, with far more homeless not really reported, many in cars, rv's or vans, and maybe more regulated and night-security guarded "homeless parking lots" needed for those mobile types of homeless too.
As for community concerns. I don't know, if money was "no object", assuming tens or even hundreds of millions, I'd try to get some private organization going, away from the corruption of local and city governments wasting (or profiting from) federal and state allocated homeless funds, hire some lobbyists, whatever to get better zoning to build cheaper smaller housing, so homeless could move in there, or at least room by room shelters, not the current camp like ones . I'd seen one work in the past with rooms like a hotel with observation staff to help mental or addicted people undergoing rehab and kept a bunch of them not homeless. The homeless situation is just getting out of control at the end of the last decade and at the beginning of this one, with far more homeless not really reported, many in cars, rv's or vans, and maybe more regulated and night-security guarded "homeless parking lots" needed for those mobile types of homeless too.
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I wouldn’t change too much. I would relocate for sure, buy a small patch of land with a couple properties, one would be my home with a mini studio, the other would be a fully equipped studio, keep a small loft in whatever nearby city, & every once in a while travel somewhere they speak Spanish to try to gain functional fluency in the language. I’d also travel to witness at least one full solar eclipse & if possible fly up to see Earth from space
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I would purchase a large house and turn it into a cat rescue. I would also use this money to pay for my necessities so I can spend my time reading and writing....workout clothes too. Workout clothes are so expensive.
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Wow it's pretty crazy this is so similar to what I would do, minus the studios because I do not play an instrument and have no aptitude for music whatsoever. But, I would do almost exactly this. Have a house in the country somewhere, a small apartment in a nearby big city, and travel a lot. Spain is a country I've always really waned to visit and I took Spanish is high school so always thought it would be fairly easy for me too become somewhat functional in Spanish and visit Spain regularly as well as other locals in Latin America I've always wanted to visit like Argentina, Cuba, Peru, etc.
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Travel to space and back,
It would probably be sailing, nothing extravagant but I would probably have a sailboat moored and ready to go when I wanted to get out and away from people. I wouldn't want to be part of the social life I often see in sailing related videos, I just would want to do it to enjoy the ocean and be away from most people. I also would like to travel, so I imagine I would do that as well.
Otherwise, it would mostly be the same hobbies I enjoy now but on a bigger budget. Perhaps I would have my own arcade, with a movie theater off to the side. A retro computing room, where I could store a bunch of older systems, games, consoles, etc. Also, I fitness room with a few machines to help keep me in shape.
Otherwise, it would mostly be the same hobbies I enjoy now but on a bigger budget. Perhaps I would have my own arcade, with a movie theater off to the side. A retro computing room, where I could store a bunch of older systems, games, consoles, etc. Also, I fitness room with a few machines to help keep me in shape.
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My enduring desire from my early teens has been to buy a decent telescope and possibly even dabble in astrophotography but all of that is so far away from anything I'm financially capable of that it's ridiculous now. Plus where I live it kind of necessitates getting outside on bitter cold nights and I know from experience that it's frustrating as hell if you live anywhere that has a lot of street lights. So you have to plan everything perfectly, endure harsh weather and be really good at accepting defeat time after time.
Kinda weird coming from someone who really hates heights but I have watches some skydiving videos on youturbulence and I think it might be something I could actually summon the courage to do (since the higher you get, it doesn't seem as bad for some reason). I think if I ever did it once I might like it too much though and I'm sure it's the kind of thing you could spend a lot of money on.
Kinda weird coming from someone who really hates heights but I have watches some skydiving videos on youturbulence and I think it might be something I could actually summon the courage to do (since the higher you get, it doesn't seem as bad for some reason). I think if I ever did it once I might like it too much though and I'm sure it's the kind of thing you could spend a lot of money on.
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Travel and paying tutors to teach me languages.
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I would do everything I could think of.
I enjoyed kayaking so I'd like to do that again, but it would be fun to do things like sky diving, scuba diving, skiing. ice skating, mountain climbing. One thing I wanted to do as a kid was fly helicopters, I would absolutely love to pilot a helicopter if money and time was no concern.
I enjoyed kayaking so I'd like to do that again, but it would be fun to do things like sky diving, scuba diving, skiing. ice skating, mountain climbing. One thing I wanted to do as a kid was fly helicopters, I would absolutely love to pilot a helicopter if money and time was no concern.
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I would want to try restoration. I feel like that's what I'd like to do once I retire but I might also want to take up calligraphy classes if money was no object. I also wanted to master it.
Get singing lessons, buy a horse and start horse riding, quit my job, buy a house in the mountains and start a little garden to provide for myself lol. start playing the piano, buy a super nice computer so i could game every game i'd like, maybe get a little home gym to start working out 
it's kinda funny how much having money would satisfy my people avoiding soul.
it's kinda funny how much having money would satisfy my people avoiding soul.
Changing my original answer. I'd buy a private plane and travel. I'd buy professional music production tools and have them put on the plane. **** it, I'd make the plane my home, decorate it and move in. Then travel while making music.
I'd have to learn how to use the music production tools as I currently know nothing about them besides what I've seen in videos. I'd also take private professional voice and guitar lessons. I'd have to hire a pilot as well.
Then I'd spend my days in the air traveling to the next destination I want to visit, learning about the people and their culture while creating music.
I'd have to learn how to use the music production tools as I currently know nothing about them besides what I've seen in videos. I'd also take private professional voice and guitar lessons. I'd have to hire a pilot as well.
Then I'd spend my days in the air traveling to the next destination I want to visit, learning about the people and their culture while creating music.
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Traveling the world and painting what I see. Also, photography.
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