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View Poll Results: Which of these cities could be the capital of an American aristocracy?
Chicago 3 3.19%
Miami 1 1.06%
San Francisco 11 11.70%
New York City 51 54.26%
Washington, D.C. 17 18.09%
Boston 29 30.85%
Los Angeles 14 14.89%
Other city 10 10.64%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 94. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-16-2012, 12:15 AM
 
Location: Twilight zone
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Boston and New York were the first to come to mind
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Old 09-16-2012, 07:50 AM
 
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Probably Boston or Philly, where the British Aristocracy was in America before it Collapsed with the revolution.
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Old 09-16-2012, 09:42 AM
 
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Why is Miami in the poll?
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Old 09-16-2012, 10:47 AM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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Why is Miami in the poll?
Palm Beach came to mind. A lot of high society types there, from what I hear.
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Old 09-16-2012, 12:37 PM
 
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Palm Beach came to mind. A lot of high society types there, from what I hear.
Yeah, but they are all Boston, NY, Philly money, for the most part.
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Old 09-16-2012, 12:46 PM
 
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Why is Miami in the poll?
And Philly isn't.
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Old 09-16-2012, 08:00 PM
 
Location: Phoenix Arizona
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We have an aristocracy, it's called the Northeast.
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Old 09-16-2012, 09:20 PM
 
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Although Americans generally have a distaste for anything hinting at hereditary/family privilege, there have been some special exceptions - the Kennedys, Bushes, Rockefellers and Roosevelts, for example.
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Old 09-16-2012, 09:21 PM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Hyannis Port
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Old 09-16-2012, 10:02 PM
 
Location: CHICAGO, Illinois
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Although Americans generally have a distaste for anything hinting at hereditary/family privilege, there have been some special exceptions - the Kennedys, Bushes, Rockefellers and Roosevelts, for example.
... the Kardashians, the Hiltons...

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