What is the most unpretentious upper middle class town on LI? (Hempstead: low income, foreclosure)

[kunk10]

sea cliff has its own crunchy birkenstock wearing art-loving pretension about it

Originally Posted by ocngypz

Sea Cliff, I think.

NO MORE DAVIS PEACH FARM???

Guess it had to happen sooner or later.

Dam.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by ydsavaged

Bohemia.

You're kidding right, Bohemia's fairly working class.

Sayville maybe....its upper middle and chill.

Crooks

[ocngypz]

We always just ignored them. That being said, Sea Cliff has always been an artsy/creative type of place. Artists, musicians, writers... all marching to their own drummers.

I'll take Birkenstocks any day over Jimmy Choo's.

But getting back to the definition of UPPER MIDDLE CLASS.....I find the per capita incomes of all the Suffolk communities mentioned to be fairly low to be considered UPPER MIDDLE.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by ocngypz

We always just ignored them. That being said, Sea Cliff has always been an artsy/creative type of place. Artists, musicians, writers... all marching to their own drummers.

I'll take Birkenstocks any day over Jimmy Choo's.

But getting back to the definition of UPPER MIDDLE CLASS.....I find the per capita incomes of all the Suffolk communities mentioned to be fairly low to be considered UPPER MIDDLE.

I'd checkout HHI ...maybe they have smaller families in Nassau?

Folks would also should have more disposable income in Suffolk based on housing costs, however taxes are evil for everyone.

http://www.city-data.com/income/inco...-New-York.html
http://www.city-data.com/city/Mount-Sinai-New-York.html
http://www.city-data.com/city/Sea-Cliff-New-York.html

MP and MS are both north of 100k HHI.Sea Cliff is just south.

Crooks

[LIGuy1202]

Originally Posted by smittyjohnny38

I say Centerport...

I don't think the Upper Middle Class (those maybe making something like over $5 Million/yr.) tends to be pretentious. It's more likely the Lower Middle Class (those maybe making around $65,000/yr.) that do.

It seems poorer people resent wealth and automatically believe wealth=pretentiousness. So the answers you get will be slanted by how people define "Upper Middle Class" and "pretentious".

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by LIGuy1202

I don't think the Upper Middle Class (those maybe making something like over $5 Million/yr.) tends to be pretentious. It's more likely the Lower Middle Class (those maybe making around $65,000/yr.) that do.

It seems poorer people resent wealth and automatically believe wealth=pretentiousness. So the answers you get will be slanted by how people define "Upper Middle Class" and "pretentious".

Good point.

BTW Nesconset would fit the Upper Middle/Down to earth bill too.

Crooks

[LIGuy1202]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Good point.

BTW Nesconset would fit the Upper Middle/Down to earth bill too.

Crooks

You think? If there are any Upper Middle Class households around here they're certainly being unpretentious about showing it. LOL!

[Interlude]

Originally Posted by ocngypz

Sea Cliff, I think.

NO MORE DAVIS PEACH FARM???

Guess it had to happen sooner or later.

Dam.

Originally Posted by LIGuy1202

I don't think the Upper Middle Class (those maybe making something like over $5 Million/yr.) tends to be pretentious. It's more likely the Lower Middle Class (those maybe making around $65,000/yr.) that do.

It seems poorer people resent wealth and automatically believe wealth=pretentiousness. So the answers you get will be slanted by how people define "Upper Middle Class" and "pretentious".

Interesting definitions there. Someone making $5m a year is in the top fraction of the 1% of Americans and solidly in the upper class. Someone making $65k is making above the median wage and is solidly in the middle class.

[FrmlyBklyn]

Originally Posted by Interlude

Interesting definitions there. Someone making $5m a year is in the top fraction of the 1% of Americans and solidly in the upper class. Someone making $65k is making above the median wage and is solidly in the middle class.

What you are describing are the HENRY's - High Earning Not Rich Yet class of folk. If you truly want to be wealthy you must accumulate it like Silas Marnas counting his sacks of gold coins. An income can be gone today or tomorrow, wealth usually does not evaporate unless is was illusory to begin with - ex. I own 10 homes worth $5 million (I failed to mention I have $4.8 million in mortgages on them) Most of the towns already mentioned don't have that kind of wealth per capita - you want that you need to go to places like Manhasset, Great Neck, Sands Point, Locust Valley,Old Brookville, Old Westbury, the Hamptons, maybe Dix Hills.

[rocafeller05]

I think Great River would fit the bill.

Some money down there, but all the folks Ive met from there are down to earth folks. Not to many with big heads.