Where does this notion come from that wealthy people don't drive nice cars?

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. I think DMV is very different than anywhere else in the country. There is a very real “millionaire next door” attitude, dating back to waspy ambitions.

Nearly everywhere else in the country, affluent Americans are driving nice cars.

+1 DC money is not showy and is more likely to be expressed in private school tuition and fancy vacations. This is not Miami or LA where people like to show off their expensive sports cars.

lol. Land Rover Bethesda is the top selling Land Rover dealer on the east coast.

The funny thing is Land Rovers are crappy cars

That's why they are a status symbol. They are a known money pit.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re fine driving an economy vehicle, do you man. But stop acting like you’re better for it. Loser behavior.

Everyone I know who claimed to be like this went out and bought nice new cars when they got a major promotion or inherited a large sum. It's impossible to live in an UMC area and not want a nice vehicle. Even if the man of the house remains low-key, the wife and kids won't be. When a wife spends hundreds of days in the drop off and pickup line seeing all of the other mums in Land Rovers, Audis, and Rivians, she's going to want one too. Nobody wants to stick out like they're some hick from the other side of the tracks.

I'm a wife and wanted a beach house and a tiny Renoir, my husband would have been so happy with a car. And the nannies do the drop off.

PP here. My kids went to a private school in NoVA with a French program and one of the moms there had an apartment in Paris in a very nice area (I'm a native Parisian). Not only did she drive a normal car, she was very homely looking, overweight, with gray hair. Her husband was a big law partner. Always look at the houses and neighborhoods, that's how you know, not by the car.

Only on TV are rich people really good looking.