What's with the lack of luxury in this area? (Charlotte: transplants, purchasing)

[brickandiron]

There’s a little less luxury in the area today

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbs...cials-say/amp/

[Poggly Woggly]

Originally Posted by zitsky

That's like saying you can't drive a Prius, only a pickup truck.

Do what?

[Tri-Love]

Originally Posted by brickandiron

There’s a little less luxury in the area today

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbs...cials-say/amp/

Wow! Hard to believe that happened here.
They’ve been cracking down hard on these knockoffs in NYC for awhile.
When I have seen tourists on flights, they say there are still places to go...just not as easy to find as they used to be.

Back in my day, you could buy a “Rolex” on the street for $25!
Times they are a changin!

[JMMH]

Charlotte couldn't even support Hermes. It would be nice to have an LV, but for my needs I'm good with what we have here.

[zitsky]

I wish we had a Nieman Marcus but they don't have many men's products. (I buy Clinique in the women's section.) I don't think any still sell food (desserts) like they did years ago.

[drrckmtthws]

Originally Posted by VickiR

Actually, you can get a bagel with lox at Brueggers but they call it smoked salmon!

Hit up transfer co food hall, Benchwarmer bagels are delicious and they have lox

[JONOV]

Originally Posted by IHeartData

Me too but Crate and Barrel plus the others you mentioned were also there. I think they serve the same consumer.

Originally Posted by IHeartData

I don't understand the VS mentality. You can have both and generally they tend to go hand in hand. Wealth in your area is a good thing.

I think that while the economy is strong its strong in the middle-middle upper strata. At one time Detroit had a very strong economy too, but never was what one would consider anywhere that had a huge concentration of the very well-heeled.

This isn't Detroit in 1957, but neither is this area Silicon Valley or Westchester or LI's North shore.

[drrckmtthws]

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Seen this on facebook and reminded me of this post, many of those luxury items are in all honestly just BS lol
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[escapenc]

Originally Posted by drrckmtthws

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Seen this on facebook and reminded me of this post, many of those luxury items are in all honestly just BS lol
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You forgot to mention the $515 clothes pin or the $1300 tape measure!
https://www.tiffany.com/accessories/...spin-62203455/

https://www.tiffany.com/accessories/...sure-62384735/

[919 rtp]

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