Where can I live where no one has tattoos?

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Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood of $1-1.6M homes in NoVa. I know of at least 2 dads of elementary age kids who have colorful full sleeve tattoos. Lots of ex-military men have tattoos. Many of the late 30s - mid 40s age moms seem to have ankle and lower back tattoos from college. At the pool, I bet 30-40% of adults have tattoos.

Enlisted made good with their Community College of the Air Force education?

Wow, you’re charming.

My husband was enlisted, got the community college degree through them THEN got another one at NoVA (the military training school didn’t translate to college courses) so that he could finally go on to get a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering.

He worked his ass off and makes a very respectable salary as a govt contractor. Not bad for someone who just barely graduated HS.

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It’s a scream for attention as well as trying to quiet the inner pain. Think about it. It is literally self-mutilation (and one that physically hurts like hell I gather). So if you can distract yourself with this, you will temporarily quiet your inner pain. Of course, that’s not really how that works, so you continue getting more tattoos until pretty soon half of your body is covered with tattoos.

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Vatican, maybe.

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My mother and father died most likely due to Tattoos because my mom got a blood transfusion during operation and contracted Hep C passed it to my Dad. They both died

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Tattoos are cool when hardly anybody has one. Now it’s cool not to have one. There are too many to read or look at so it’s just an ugly blob.

+1

Then when you age Tweety Bird turns into Big Bird.

[Anonymous]

Lots of military people have tattoos, and I would love to have them as neighbors. In San Diego, for example, there are neighborhoods that are very safe and have a great sense of community and are filled with tatted service members.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a scream for attention as well as trying to quiet the inner pain. Think about it. It is literally self-mutilation (and one that physically hurts like hell I gather). So if you can distract yourself with this, you will temporarily quiet your inner pain. Of course, that’s not really how that works, so you continue getting more tattoos until pretty soon half of your body is covered with tattoos.

LOL, what a fantasy!

I’m sure some people get tattoos borne out of pain, but there are so very many OTHER reasons to choose them.

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Anonymous wrote:GA poster here, it’s like the middle class is more into the preppy golf look. Again, not saying it’s impossible, but people aren’t too edgy in how they dress.

Look for places where people dress up a bit. Golf wear, Lily Pulitzer patterns, tennis skirts.

I got a neighborhood for you, OP!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a scream for attention as well as trying to quiet the inner pain. Think about it. It is literally self-mutilation (and one that physically hurts like hell I gather). So if you can distract yourself with this, you will temporarily quiet your inner pain. Of course, that’s not really how that works, so you continue getting more tattoos until pretty soon half of your body is covered with tattoos.

You understand.

I look at folks with tattoos with both sympathy & disgust.

FWIW Those with tiny tattoos are the worst. Rather see Mike tyson face tattoo or Sean Penn back tattoo in Mystic River than some super trashy tiny ankle tattoo.

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Tattoos just prove that there is no shortage of low class idiots in this world.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Glen Burnie, Pasadena, Dundalk, and Elkton.

Are you naming places with or without tats?

I grew up in Elkton. I guarantee a large percentage of the population there has tats

They were being funny.

Most neighborhoods in the DC area at 1 million plus won't have many people with visible tattoos OP. An exception might be in DC proper, because 1 million doesn't buy much there.

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I am one of the people who still struggle to understand why people want to get something so permanent. I can buy the argument that a small discreet tattoo can be a meaningful symbol of something. But when people are now sporting so many tattoos of the most random things ever like a carrot or a coffee cup, that is where I start losing understanding. And while I can respect the artistry of a high quality tattoo, it is also staggering how many bad tattoos there are out there.

I can't help but wonder if this tattoo phenomena is symbolism of something deeply unhappy or dissatisfied with modern culture that they have to clutch onto tattoos as having something meaningful that they can't find elsewhere.

+1. I can understand people who get one small, meaningful tattoo that can be covered by clothes. Not my thing but I get it. But the people whose arms and legs are covered in tattoos and they can't be hidden by clothes/out there for all the world to see and they aren't rock stars? I seriously don't understand it. Why?

Here’s the thing, you don’t need to understand it. Don’t like tattoos? Then don’t get one.

And we'll openly wonder why people are so silly to cover themselves with the most garish and *unremovable* things ever. But fools are out there to be entertainment for the wise.

You sound insufferable.

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There are a small number of acceptable tattoos: a Princeton tiger head, a Skull and Bones 322, a symbol of your Seal Team. Most others are really not up to snuff.

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Anonymous wrote:You are already living in it OP. Visible tattoos are less acceptable here than many other areas, especially near housing that is 800k and up.

You're absurd. I live in a part of McLean where you can't buy a house for under $3m. People have tattoos here. ( I don't, but i'm on the older side of GenX) It's kind of funny that you think $800k houses around here are somehow keeping you away from...tattoos? The lower class? What?

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Anonymous wrote:There are a small number of acceptable tattoos: a Princeton tiger head, a Skull and Bones 322, a symbol of your Seal Team. Most others are really not up to snuff.

DH is a Marine Officer (not AD anymore, but once a Marine blah blah). I think you can add his USMC tattoo to your list, not that anyone will ever see it. He's the COO of a large IT company. Doubt anyone thinks he's lower class.