Hey there. I'm the guy who wrote the piece, so thought I'd clear up a few misconceptions. First, while we are in fact 5 people to a condo (2 adults, 3 children - brand new baby) I wouldn't characterize it as "tiny" and it's definitely high quality. It's over 2000 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and more than enough room. Believe it or not, we also have a full time live-in housekeeper who has her own room. I guess my point (maybe inelegantly stated) was that the McMansion lifestyle and all of the accoutrements of wealth didn't suit us, and we pretty radically downsized from that to a condo on a beautiful beach in Panama. As for the frayed shorts... What can I say. Clothes aren't my thing. I live on a beach, so most of the time I'm either in a pair of shorts or swim trunks with no shirt, no shoes. We DO spend money on nice things... I guess we just have a different definition of "nice."