Towns in Massachusetts with the Most Keeping up with the Jones Mentality (rent, big house)

[MikePRU]

Originally Posted by breezy1

And don't forget if you throw on a North Face fleece and a baseball hat (esp if you hair is in a ponytail) ... then you may really be judged ... seriously?... this tread is stupid!

Glad I don't have a ponytail! I knew that male pattern baldness would come in handy at some point.

[Scriptkitten]

Originally Posted by Parsec

Make sure it's a Sox cap, not a Yankees cap!

I wear a Yankees cap because
A. It's black and matches my outfits
B. I don't care about sports


Don't care what people think. Sports rivalries make no sense to me. I've lived in both NYC and Boston and don't understand why we all can't get along

[magicshark]

Originally Posted by Scriptkitten

I wear a Yankees cap because
A. It's black and matches my outfits
B. I don't care about sports


Don't care what people think. Sports rivalries make no sense to me. I've lived in both NYC and Boston and don't understand why we all can't get along

You wear a sports team because it matches your outfit? Oh dear! I cringe fot every legitimate female sports fan. Pink hats need not apply! :-)

[Parsec]

Originally Posted by Scriptkitten

I wear a Yankees cap because
A. It's black and matches my outfits
B. I don't care about sports


Don't care what people think. Sports rivalries make no sense to me. I've lived in both NYC and Boston and don't understand why we all can't get along

Haha, I was just joking since I remember Peachto4 is moving from CT.

[495neighbor]

Originally Posted by 495neighbor

Here's my definition:

1) Not the wealthiest or most educated but like talking about all that they have
2) Prefer the cookie cutter McMansion developments
3) Drive monster sized SUVs
4) Love chain restaurants and stores over independent stores
5) Overly zealous about sports, especially their kids school sports teams
6) Preponderance of wives constantly doing distracted driving with their cell phones and tend to wear a lot of baseball hats with the ponytail pulled in the back and Northface fleece jackets

Discuss...

I forgot the prerequisite permanently attached cellphone perfect for distracted driving. Best underneath the chin with a commuter mug in the other hand.

[Scriptkitten]

Originally Posted by magicshark

You wear a sports team because it matches your outfit? Oh dear! I cringe fot every legitimate female sports fan. Pink hats need not apply! :-)

Black matches everything! I'm a New Yorker at heart, tho I don't care about their teams either

I also have a Texas longhorns t-shirt because I like the logo.

[tribechamy]

Originally Posted by Scriptkitten

I wear a Yankees cap because
A. It's black and matches my outfits
B. I don't care about sports


Don't care what people think. Sports rivalries make no sense to me. I've lived in both NYC and Boston and don't understand why we all can't get along

Yankees caps are navy blue, not black.

Unless you're wearing the mourning cap that they wear every year - you know, when they fail to make it to the World Series

[Scriptkitten]

^^^ lol. It's black on black. Must be the mourning cap. Does that make it ok?

Also I never wear it with a ponytail... Hair is loose. And I don't drive an suv

[RiverBird]

Haven't read the whole thread. Did someone say Westford?

[lrmsd]

Originally Posted by massnative71

Can't really think of a place that fits all of those requirements, not in MA. But fragments exist in some random places that come to mind: Pembroke, Marshfield, Duxbury, Norwell, Medfield, Easton, Natick, Westborough, Hopkinton, Franklin, Wrentham, Norfolk, Sudbury, Westford, Chelmsford. The "cookie cutter McMansion developments" rules out many of the wealthiest places like Wellesley, Newton, and Westwood that I think of when hearing "keeping up with the Jones".

But that sounds like more of a Long Island stereotype, or an Orange County (or perhaps somewhere in TX)...

Boy, times have changed. When I grew up in Franklin, it was tiny. We moved there when it had 1 stop light and 4k people-most of whom were related to one another. In high school, most of the kids were Italian and distantly related-lol. There was even a street line painted the colors of the Italian flag instead of yellow, in one small section of town. I know it's very different today-it's just fascinating to see it categorized in this way. Also, I currently live in so cal and I happened to see this list while researching something...and I thought the same thing: Where in MA is THIS? Sounds like So CAL to me!