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Old 10-27-2010, 12:01 AM
 
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There is a well known term for this.

San Diego has plenty of people who: buy nice cars but can hardly afford to put gas in the tank...have nice clothes, but hang them in their 2x4 closet in their 9x10 bedroom..etc. Half the reason we're in this economic mess right now is because people buy things they CANNOT afford...on credit!
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Old 10-29-2010, 06:36 PM
 
Location: Sandy Eggo - Kensington
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Sorta off-topic, but here goes.....I was in New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis and Little Rock last week and while driving around the most exclusive and upscale areas of each place, one thing I noticed was how few expensive cars I saw in the driveways and on the road. Here were these beautiful mansions and in all of the driveways all I saw were domestic cars and SUVs. Compare that to here where you see Jags, Beemers, Mercedes Benzes everywhere.

That got me to think how people here are much more showy that other places. I'm not complaining, but it was something so obvious to me. When I went out on a few nights, I also noticed that the girls had more clothing on in those places compared to here, and most definitely not as made up. And the guys definitely weren't as douchbaggy (long sleeve striped shirt, gold rimmed aviator sunglasses, fauxhawks, True Religion jeans...you get the picture), either.

On the other hand, I spent 4 nights in the French Quarter of New Orleans and I'd much rather have our street filled with Bro-ho's and tools, than the white baseball cap wearing frat boys and annoying sorority girls that you saw there. And then there's the drunk middle-aged dorks sprinkled in. Give me the 40+ year old cougar from RSF/Del Mar/La Jolla/Carmel Valley, any day.
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Old 10-29-2010, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Sunny Sandy Ego
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Guess what is the brand of car that most millionaires own? Ford. I was surprised when I found the stats on Forbes.
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Old 10-30-2010, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Sandy Eggo - Kensington
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Guess what is the brand of car that most millionaires own? Ford. I was surprised when I found the stats on Forbes.
That seems to go in line with what I've seen in many places I've visited. I should add that another status symbol vehicle around here (including the rich) is the Toyota Prius.
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Old 10-31-2010, 10:23 AM
 
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It's pronounced pious.
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Old 10-31-2010, 11:14 AM
 
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IMHO it doesn't get more upper middle class than a Volvo. I have never in my entire life, EVER seen a mexican or a black person drive a Volvo.
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Old 10-31-2010, 12:26 PM
 
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I have, but I guess (upper) middle class.
Do old Volvos count, Vox?
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Old 10-31-2010, 01:18 PM
 
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I live in So. Orange County and it is beautiful here but the people for the most part are shallow and vain. We came here from the San Gabriel Valley and there was much more "heart" there even if the people were not well to do they would take you into their hearts and homes. It became mostly Asian in population and they keep really to themselves--no sense of neighborhood so we moved. So southern California is a great place to live if you are conservative, concerned about showing your money, and like snobbery.
Otherwise, I'd find somewhere else to live.
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Old 10-31-2010, 01:21 PM
 
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I live in So. Orange County and it is beautiful here but the people are shallow and vain. We came here from the San Gabriel Valley and there was much more "heart" there even if the people were not well to do they would take you into their hearts and homes. It became mostly Asian in population and they keep really to themselves--no sense of neighborhood so we moved. So southern California is a great place to live except if you are conservative, concerned about showing your money, and like snobbery.
Otherwise, I'd find somewhere else to live. And the kids feel deprived by comparision to others who always seem to have more unless the others are Hispanic who have less are kinder but not as focused on education.
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Old 11-01-2010, 09:44 AM
 
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Fishwiz, for context, what is 'your area' that people are moving from SD and OC? Just curious. We are looking at a move to North County with kids. We live in a fishbowl uber spoiled area of NorCal now... I think we are going from the fire to the frying pan, at least we hope. Maybe someday we'll be out of the frying pan and sitting in a chair with a beer watching the frying pan on the fire, but with California public schools, you have to stay in or near the fire to get anything decent anymore.

I am still here! The OP. I live North of Colorado Springs. Lots of people move here from Orange County. Not as many from San Diego. Although I did meet a couple who had just moved from Encinitas. My mouth dropped to the ground. Why? I asked. They said, "Encinitas isn't what it used to be" and I said, "No where is- where you are standing (at a high end jean store), antelope used to run. This used to be the furthest place North in Colorado Springs..." They were stunned. Guess they hadn't thought of that aspect.

Anyway. My husband has put the kabosh on moving. We will be in Colorado for awhile. We moved from South Florida where materialism was rampant- so with that thread I was just curious about a comparison.

People love it here from Orange County. If they survive their first winter- they stay.
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