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I think Atlanta feels the most upscale. Phoenix is in the intermountain west which is the complete opposite of luxury. Dallas has too many trucks.
I disagree with your assessment.
First Atlanta has its poor areas and its share of trucks.
Second DFW has tons and tons of wealth. Easily one of the cities with the most ultra wealthy.
3rd there are quite a few Intermountain wealthy enclaves. Phoenix has its share of wealth.
I first visited Phoenix 20 years ago and it was upscale then, and a zillion new residents later it is even more so
Scottsdale is very well to do.. and perhaps the most well to do "suburban area" between the three cities...
Scottsdale though is also a very very large bedroom community for wealthy retirees from both the Northeast, Upper Midwest and also parts of California who do not care for the beach life and want to escape the winter cold months and they park their money there. Many own second homes here... and spend only a few months out of the year visiting.
And this is a major reason it attracts so much wealth... just as Palm Springs does for wealthy Californians.
I voted Dallas though. While Phoenix has Scottsdale. Overall Phoenix wealth is pretty contained and the Phoenix metro is never that highly ranked with median income....
I also am aware, Scottsdale is a wealthy resort destination and not necessarily people who live their full time.
Now, want to see where Dallas ranks in per capita income? Having the most billionaires, which Dallas doesn't, doesn't make you the most upscale anyway.
Now, want to see where Dallas ranks in per capita income? Having the most billionaires, which Dallas doesn't, doesn't make you the most upscale anyway.
And to the thread, while having an ultra wealthy population contributes to upscale, it doesn’t exhaust it. For example, certain cities have old money cultures that don’t put much stock into shiny new things. So let’s not make the false equivocation of more old money equaling a place feeling more upscale.
Miami and Houston are 10 and 11 but I guess the OP was only comparing certain cities.
Atlanta and Phoenix were not in the top 20 so I'm not sure where they rank.
millionaire status doesn’t necessarily constitute the only upscale-building attribute of a city. People who make 100k can afford luxury items. Throwing age in, younger people are likely to peacock their with income in a way that older ppl don’t. I could go on. But plenty of things like this contribute to upscale, not merely having a collection of millionaires. This is why I asked which one of these “felt” more upscale.
millionaire status doesn’t necessarily constitute the only upscale-building attribute of a city. People who make 100k can afford luxury items. Throwing age in, younger people are likely to peacock their with income in a way that older ppl don’t. I could go on. But plenty of things like this contribute to upscale, not merely having a collection of millionaires. This is why I asked which one of these “felt” more upscale.
I never said it was.
A poster stated they could not find anything to support another poster's claim and I provided the link that may have been what the poster was claiming.
I was not arguing that line.
If you look at my post before that I simply said that there's plenty of wealth in DFW. I didn't even make mention of which I thought was wealthier in that post
I never said it was.
A poster stated they could not find anything to support another poster's claim and I provided the link that may have been what the poster was claiming.
I was not arguing that line.
If you look at my post before that I simply said that there's plenty of wealth in DFW. I didn't even make mention of which I thought was wealthier in that post
Noted
Maybe I should’ve specified for areas within metros to compare. I still like Scottsdale on video. It looks like a beachless South Florida
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