What is the most materialistic place(suburb, urban neighborhood) in the United States (living, better)
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San Francisco, IMHO it really feels like that too.
Ridiculous. SF feels more "scruffy" and bohemian.
Even the rich people drive beat up cars or Priuses and seem to look down on conspicuous consumption. I feel nothing materialistic about SF. It's not NY where people obsess over zip codes and label/fashion snobbery or the Westside of LA where they'd look at you weird for driving a crappy car.
The NPR economic map indicates Ventura County, California (Oxnard, Simi Valley, Ventura) and Collier County, Florida (Naples) are/were high in income and foreclosure. So possibly means people with lots of money who nevertheless tried to live like they had even more than that.
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Originally Posted by DC90
Ridiculous. SF feels more "scruffy" and bohemian.
Even the rich people drive beat up cars or Priuses and seem to look down on conspicuous consumption. I feel nothing materialistic about SF.
Like I said. It was my opinion. One or two things doesn't really change it.
From what I have experienced there I feel it is more materialistic than many other cities I have been to.
There's nothing wrong with being "materialistic", it is what it is though.
[quote=DC90;15031172]Ridiculous. SF feels more "scruffy" and bohemian.
Even the rich people drive beat up cars or Priuses and seem to look down on conspicuous consumption.
Boulder also shares that attitude, but mainly it's more of the Free Tibet bumper stickers on Porsche Cayennes complete with twin 10k road bikes atop the roof rack. Hippies drive Range Rovers in Boulder. Far from the Rodeo, Fifth Avenue crowd.
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