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Newport Beach still takes the cake for me...not only do you have the $50K/year millionaires but you also have the 6 digit professionals making an effort to impress others—often those they perceive to be better off than they are but in reality are not.
Just as some who cannot take humidity will tell you they feel it the second they walk out the door, in Newport Beach you feel and sense the snootiness and pretentiousness in many, not all, places the second you walk in the door. No question it is a well to do area but it is almost the opposite of NY—in NY people try to tear you down; here, they try and build each other up. Humility does not exist.
There is a lot of generational wealth in both Buckhead and Winter Park. There are more than a few posers in both due to their upscale dining & shopping that attract a ton of non-residents.
From your list, I take it you aren't familiar with South Florida. That area is the definition of this thread.
Yeah, Buckhead as a whole is an odd choice...maybe a certain neighborhood in the area but I would have said Marietta before Buckhead.
I'll vote Dallas, a city I lived in for about 10 years in my early 20's to early 30's. My friends and I had a term for it: "Johnny Dallas". I lived in Uptown and it was most definitely a thing.
I actually enjoyed my time there for the most part, but it was a uniquely vain city.
Among the three major metro areas in the US where I've lived (Boston, Washington, Miami), I'd say it's definitely most common in Miami. TONS of sports cars and luxury sedans. EVERY household feels like they need at least two cars. Middle class households in Boston might not even have one and rarely have two. Hell, my dad is a successful businessman in Boston and while his rent is $5k, he only has one car, which he's had for a long time and is relatively modest. I feel like someone in my dad's income range in Miami would have two cars for everyday use (one for him, one for his wife) as well as a few for show that he keeps in the garage most of the time.
Among the three major metro areas in the US where I've lived (Boston, Washington, Miami), I'd say it's definitely most common in Miami. TONS of sports cars and luxury sedans. EVERY household feels like they need at least two cars. Middle class households in Boston might not even have one and rarely have two. Hell, my dad is a successful businessman in Boston and while his rent is $5k, he only has one car, which he's had for a long time and is relatively modest. I feel like someone in my dad's income range in Miami would have two cars for everyday use (one for him, one for his wife) as well as a few for show that he keeps in the garage most of the time.
I heard Dallas was the worst with this. There used to be websites making fun of Dallas 30k club.
Due to lower housing cost then say OC or Miami, the 30k millionaire in Dallas can definitely flex more. And they view themselves as the next LA anyway
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