Some people choose to live low-profile simple lives in simple houses. Neither is 'right' or 'wrong', 'better' or 'worse' than the other. These are personal choices each Aurovilian must be free to make if the opportunity arises. We are each born into and experience circumstances in life which are most conducive to our spiritual growth, and no doubt connected with our past karma. The significance of our individual birth is only known to our innermost being, and has nothing to do with anyone else.
Some people have to learn how to use wealth in a wise, generous and appropriate way.
Others have to learn how to accept wealth in those around them without envy or resentment. We simply have to use each birth to grow in spirit, whether it be as a relatively wealthy individual or as a poor one. Aurovilians are not using their personal wealth for selfish ends or as a means to acquire yet greater wealth, as typically happens in the outside world. No-one is in Auroville to make money for themselves alone. The former have gained in immediate wealth terms, the latter have 'lost', in the sense that since joining Auroville they have fallen behind contemporaries in their country of origin.