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48k for a plane or boat? Good luck with that.
Something like this, there are more selections within that range on that site,
https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1991-hunter-35.5-legend-9163237/
Or these
https://hangar.flights/airplanes/affordable-personal-aircraft/
So, you're not accounting for the required training and licensing to operate those, I take it? FYI, even if you "fast track" the training and go straight for the written exam that precedes logged flight hours (sim and real, both), you're still looking at ~$30k just to be allowed to fly. Then, there's the routine (& frequent) maintenance, storage, fuel, etc.
Sure, you can buy a cute li'l death trap for <$50k, but it's a lawn ornament without licensing.
Don't get me wrong: fuck Star Citizen sideways with an alien chode tumor. Just, don't point to garage-tier aviation "solutions" as a fair comparison. 🤗
Inb4 Star Citizen tries to feel more exclusive by instituting spaceship pilot training and licensing that requires logged hours and such...
...you know, so people don't ruin their "investments"! D:
Don't forget, you gotta pay for those licenses and classes