You soon discover it depends on your destination and the numbers change.

In a recent survey, Americans say it takes a net worth of $774,000 to be financially comfortable. Want to be wealthy? That number jumps to $2.2 million.

But that’s just an average.

In Chicago, folks there think you need $956,000 to be comfortable and $2.5 million to be wealthy.

In Boston, $892,000 is comfortable but you’ll need $2.7 million to be wealthy.