Cost of Living and TL

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Anthony

And the cost of this is either time-based (i.e. it costs you X hours per month, not dollars per se) or will tend to scale with available wealth.

What does "tend to scale with available wealth" mean? A Roman dinner party has about the same number of servers as a modern millionaire's dinner party.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

What does "tend to scale with available wealth" mean?

The amount you spend is a direct function of the amount you can afford to spend.

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

A Roman dinner party has about the same number of servers as a modern millionaire's dinner party.

Who are either slaves or get paid TL 2 wages, as opposed to the TL 8 wages for the modern dinner party.