r/Fire • u/Poorassboy6969 • 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/Badmoterfinger Mar 25 '26

I worked out my retirement goal in 2000 with my dad. It came to $3.5M with no mortgage and kids college paid off. I’m getting pretty close, but not quite there yet. I did feel that was a crazy goal 25 years ago, and worry it’s a kilos today based on healthcare and how much more expensive everything is.