Tbf am not from the US i picked that currency because most people here speak American English so i just went with it, It's interesting how pretty much almost everyone went for the mortgage route
Unfortunately i am quite poor but i was curious, and apparently most people here don't really need that amount but tbf in my country 237$ is enough to save someone like me so it's economic matter
For me, I'd have my and my family's medical bills paid, I'd buy equipment and other things for my PhD (specialized antenna, LCR meter, a well-paid internship, cadence virtuoso semiconductor pdk rf tsmc 65nm and 180nm maybe more since I already got the 90nm from my institution) also air quality monitor to conduct a city-wide personal study for personal reasons, and get a bigger counter and an emf to explore abandoned buildings and see if certain suspected areas are radioactive, get native species of mycorrhizae fungi fertilizer for nearby trees, get a good PC and probably adopt a street cat, the rest I'd invest in solar energy
Tbf am not from the US i picked that currency because most people here speak American English so i just went with it, It's interesting how pretty much almost everyone went for the mortgage route