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