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I get more questions on where I went to school and what I do from East Coasters than natives. I'll tell them and some answer "Oh, I like that!" as if I was trying to impress them. lol.
East Coast people definitely care more about where you went to school. I got asked all the time back east but here almost never. I chalk it up to the fact that California has traditionally had such a solid, well funded state university system...there's less need to go to a fancy private school than there is back east. A lot of that has changed with budget cuts though from what I understand. Its a shame.
I lived in Hoboken, NJ for a few years. That place seems to be similar to the yuppie demographic you are describing. Super preppy and/or greasy Italian Workahaulics wearing ties to sports bars after work making cheap pick ups towards women and sticking within their own social groups. Hoboken and Arlington, VA probably go hand-in-hand with the types of east coast yuppie we are both discussing. The "What do you do?" thing is not just a DC or NY thing, it happens out here in LA all the time. It's bragging rights for people in the entertainment industry to plug whatever they are working on.
I don't miss 'wearing a tie' to work. Give me a polo shirt and jeans to work in LA instead.
Here on the East Coast, we call that Casual Fridays as you already know
Too bad it's only for a single day.....
I just finally learned how to tie a tie (Thank God for YouTube!!) and I am happy about that, but it would definitely be tiresome for me to go to work in a suit every single day except maybe Fridays and the weekend...And I usually don't mind suits sometimes. You guys on the West Coast should consider yourselves lucky!
Wait....aren't you from L.A.? Something isn't computing with that statement. Is there a less fake place on the planet? Pass the plastic surgery.
Board certified plastic surgeons per 100,000 residents
1. Salt Lake City - 4.89
2. Miami - 4.62
3. San Francisco - 3.88
4. Jacksonville - 3.79
5. Charlotte - 3.53
6. Austin - 3.49 7. Los Angeles - 3.42
8. Portland - 3.37
9. Tampa - 3.34
10. Birmingham - 3.19
Pageviews per 1,000 residents of plastic surgery related search terms
1. San Antonio - 82.99
2. Oklahoma City - 72.54
3. Austin - 71.57
4. San Diego - 67.69
5. San Francisco - 63.71
6. Miami - 63.39
7. Charlotte 62.09
8. Atlanta - 61.85
9. Dallas - 57.37 10. Los Angeles - 55.92
How many non-board certified plastic surgeons are there? The surgeon who operated on Kanye's mother wasn't board certified.
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Finally, Adams is not board-certified in plastic surgery. Certification is not required to practice, but its absence "should be a red flag," Kulber says, because it can indicate "a problem in your training or education, something that's a serious deficiency."
Board certified plastic surgeons per 100,000 residents
1. Salt Lake City - 4.89
2. Miami - 4.62
3. San Francisco - 3.88
4. Jacksonville - 3.79
5. Charlotte - 3.53
6. Austin - 3.49 7. Los Angeles - 3.42
8. Portland - 3.37
9. Tampa - 3.34
10. Birmingham - 3.19
Pageviews per 1,000 residents of plastic surgery related search terms
1. San Antonio - 82.99
2. Oklahoma City - 72.54
3. Austin - 71.57
4. San Diego - 67.69
5. San Francisco - 63.71
6. Miami - 63.39
7. Charlotte 62.09
8. Atlanta - 61.85
9. Dallas - 57.37 10. Los Angeles - 55.92
Here on the East Coast, we call that Casual Fridays as you already know
Too bad it's only for a single day.....
I just finally learned how to tie a tie (Thank God for YouTube!!) and I am happy about that, but it would definitely be tiresome for me to go to work in a suit every single day except maybe Fridays and the weekend...And I usually don't mind suits sometimes. You guys on the West Coast should consider yourselves lucky!
Oh I do consider myself lucky! It's funny because I was at a user group recently in LA dressed in slacks, bazer, boat shoes, and button down (no tie.) Let's call it poor mans east coast business casual. Everyone at work commented how nice I looked. Then at the user group I was way overdressed and some senior manager at a competing company mentioned how business people in LA "never wear ties." Only maybe in finance and banking which is rare as is in LA. That's it. It's almost frowned upon out here if you wear a tie. You almost need an excuse to do it!
Wait....aren't you from L.A.? Something isn't computing with that statement. Is there a less fake place on the planet? Pass the plastic surgery.
Actually born in NJ. 25 years in DC. 10 in Seattle. I still have a place in DC I rent out.
But yes I think DC folks are a bit pretentious and materialistic. Way more than L.A. In LA its about staying young and looking good and that percentage is pretty small. But I still find the people in LA and Seattle much more down to earth. In DC its what degree, what job, where you live, what you drive etc. I'm not saying everybody is like that of course.
Actually born in NJ. 25 years in DC. 10 in Seattle. I still have a place in DC I rent out.
But yes I think DC folks are a bit pretentious and materialistic. Way more than L.A. In LA its about staying young and looking good and that percentage is pretty small. But I still find the people in LA and Seattle much more down to earth. In DC its what degree, what job, where you live, what you drive etc.
True that. I worked in NYC for 2.5 years. Supposedly those people are "more direct" but I never encountered more smoke and mirrors and lies in my life!
But yes I think DC folks are a bit pretentious and materialistic. Way more than L.A. In LA its about staying young and looking good and that percentage is pretty small. But I still find the people in LA and Seattle much more down to earth. In DC its what degree, what job, where you live, what you drive etc.
Pretentious, yes. Materialistic, no. The type of person that's lured to DC is not as interested in money as they are in power. As Frank Underwood says in House of Cards...
"Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after ten years, power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I can not respect someone who does not see the difference."
Actually born in NJ. 25 years in DC. 10 in Seattle. I still have a place in DC I rent out.
But yes I think DC folks are a bit pretentious and materialistic. Way more than L.A. In LA its about staying young and looking good and that percentage is pretty small. But I still find the people in LA and Seattle much more down to earth. In DC its what degree, what job, where you live, what you drive etc. I'm not saying everybody is like that of course.
This is definitely not true in D.C. Who cares about car's here? Millionaires drive Prius here if they drive at all.
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