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This is so true. It's like you're driving through the hood then all of a sudden-BOOM, restaurants, people, music. Like huhh? Coconut Grove was a more lavish location back in the 80's, but now, well...not.
I agree it shouldn't have been included.
Exactly, there are other areas of Miami that are 100% wealthy.
You can still be materialistic and live in the hood though. I used to know this chick who lived in the projects in Brooklyn but always had the newest clothes, bags, heels etc. That is common in New York, you can be in the poorest sections of the city and still see well-dressed people.
What places in the United States have yuppies that show off the wealth tremendously through what they have (car and clothes)?
I have a few cities that come to mind:
Naples, FL
Winter Park, FL
Coconut Grove, FL
Orange County, CA
Coral Gables, FL
Encino, CA
Highland Park Dallas
Washington DC
I live in Naples, and it is NOT materialistic. Many, many who live here very poor. Most of the wealthy people only come here during the winter and then leave. For example, you hardly see expensive cars driving around other times of the year besides winter.
What places in the United States have yuppies that show off the wealth tremendously through what they have (car and clothes)?
I have a few cities that come to mind:
Naples, FL
Winter Park, FL
Coconut Grove, FL
Orange County, CA
Coral Gables, FL
Encino, CA
Highland Park Dallas
Washington DC
Scottsdale, Arizona fits this perfectly.
For people who are not familiar with Scottsdale, it's a large suburban area east of Phoenix that thrives on materialism, high-end shopping, fake body parts, and $40,000-per-year millionaires.
hahahahaha....the only thing nouveau about SFs rich is their tans from their weekend trips up to the Wine Country.
Other than that, we're talking about a city whose blueblood pedigree goes back to the middle of the 1800s. Even before then, the Mexican elite with direct ties to Spain that ran California were actually classier and more sophisticated than the newish American money from the Northeast.
History. Look it up.
The only one who needs to look up history is you, because when you don't know it, you simply make it up. When Mariano Guadalupe was born (im sure you don't know who he is) the san fransisco bay area had a total of 80 families who were largely inbread with one another in addition to raping the local indians. This was in 1807. How is this "way classier" than the blue bloods living back east, who founded this country and saw it through when the brittish invaded in 1812?
Sf is a decidedly nouveau rich city. Anyone who so much as saw sf in the in early 90's knows the city could have very much gone the way of cities like chicago, in the sense that half the city would have been unlivable.
The dot com boom and 40% of the nations venture capitol changed all that.
Mexican elite? WTF? They were all a bunch of cattle ranchers and farmers, and they did not have ties to spanish royalty. The mexican people came about as a mix between native spaniards who were soilders (ie 'grunts' from lower class spanish society) intermingling with indians. Thats why in mexico calling some on an "indio" is seen as the ultimate insult.
And spanish eliete more sophisticated than those back east? You do realize that by this time the spanish armada had been destroyed by the brittish and spain was losing colonial territory hand over fist. The 1800s were marked by french and brittish success, not spanish. Spain was in decline. The blue bloods back east, with ties to brittish royalty had more money than the petty spanish could ever dream up. If it had not been for the anglo's with money from back east coming to california, the state would be nothing.
Stop trying to compare SF to new amsterdam, because it just gets old. Sf is not manhattan, it never has been, and never will be, no matter how hard you try.
And if you try to argue with me, I'm going to start citing quotes from actual california history books I had back in college, so dont bother. Let it go.
You can still be materialistic and live in the hood though. I used to know this chick who lived in the projects in Brooklyn but always had the newest clothes, bags, heels etc. That is common in New York, you can be in the poorest sections of the city and still see well-dressed people.
Exactly, and you can still live in a decent area for schools and less crime but drive a modest car, etc.
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