top three fanciest city in each state (2013, mall)

[survivingearth]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

California:
1. Palo Alto is the most prestigious.
2. Beverly Hills is the most glamorous.
3. San Francisco is the most sophisticated.

From foreigner's point of view those are strange.

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Massachusetts

Chattam, Cape Cod
Weston, Boston Suburb
Manchester by the Sea, Boston Coastal Suburb
Brookline, Boston suburb

I guess the question is: does wealthy=fancy? I’m thinking that I might consider Newburyport and Concord fancier than places like Weston, Dover, and Sudbury, because of their larger, more intact, historic downtowns despite not being as uniformly rich.

So my list would be....
- Newburyport
- Concord
- Beacon Hill / Back Bay

Not necessarily in that order.

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Originally Posted by survivingearth

Oregon:
Ashland
Seaside
Hood River

Seaside isn't very fancy, for Oregon I'd say

Bend
Lake Oswego
Cannon Beach.

[jxzz]

Connecticut:

New Haven - Little Boston
Stamford - Little Manhattan
Mystic - New England Dream Little Town.

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by jxzz

Mystic - New England Dream Little Town.

Agreed. Stonington is twice fancy between Mystic and the Borough.

Greenwich, Darion, and New Canaan should probably be mention too, yeah? (I haven’t spent as much time in those as in Stonington)

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Around Central Texas, seems like the small towns that get lots of attention as places to spend the day or weekend to relax and kick back, are:

Wimberly
Kerrville
Marble Falls
Fredericksburg

[Borntoolate85]

Someone did MD, so I'll do VA and DE.

Virginia

1. Alexandria
2. Tysons (Dropping "Corner" was done to make it feel even more upscale)
3. Falls Church

(Outside of NoVA)

1. Short Pump
2. Virginia Beach
3. Williamsburg

Delaware

1. Henlopen Acres
2. Woodbrook (really, the string of Wilmington suburbs along the Brandywine all qualify)
3. Lewes

[jxzz]

Originally Posted by iAMtheVVALRUS

Agreed. Stonington is twice fancy between Mystic and the Borough.

Greenwich, Darion, and New Canaan should probably be mention too, yeah? (I haven’t spent as much time in those as in Stonington)

Someone for NYC already mentioned those three as suburbs.

Stamford/New Haven are very diversified cities on population and economy with decent density. Greenwich/Darien/New Canaan plus Westport are small towns, actually one word pop in my mind for the four: rich and mansions, they are probably the reason for CT stereotypes.

Three would not be enough to represent whole CT. I would like to make below four clusters of cities/Towns for CT:

(1) Stamford/Greenwich/Darien/New Canaan/Westport
(2) New Haven/Milford/Branford/Guilford/Madison
(3) Hartford/West Hartford/Springfield, MA
(4) New London/Mystic/Stonington

Springfield is part of Massachusetts, it feels like a suburb of Hartford with a shared airport.

If I can only pick top three "fanciest" in CT, here is my three
(1) Mystic
(2) New Canaan
(3) Guilford

[Citykid3785]

Minnesota

Edina
Wayzata
North Oaks

[Crazybreakfast]

Just my thoughts but...
AZ: Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Sedona; when I was younger maybe Fountain Hills?
TN: Collierville, Nashville, maybe Knoxville? Idk on this one as much- some suburbs but not outright cities of Memphis and Nashville are both super nice but unsure if they count.