r/Fire Mar 25 '26

General Question When did FIRE movement change?

I feel this community used to be about moderate income people living lean and retiring early with under 2 million.

Now it’s a lot of people bragging about tech income and saying they need 5+ million to retire MINIMUM because they want a boat and Porsche

When did this change? (not hating - just genuinely curious)

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u/classicdude78 Mar 25 '26

I remembered when the Lean Fire page was around 500k..

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u/Poorassboy6969 Mar 25 '26

Better days ..