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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is G Wagon?

Mercedes Benz SUV that looks like Old Mother Hubbard’s shoe. Big and boxy.

The name of the vehicle, in German, is "Gelandeswagen," which basically means SUV in German.

[Anonymous]

HHI 900k. I had to google what a G-wagon is. I don’t know anyone with one. Toyota here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HHI 900k. I had to google what a G-wagon is. I don’t know anyone with one. Toyota here.

I didn’t even know people drove them anymore. I used to travel to NY/NJ a lot for work in the early 2000s and I feel like a lot of people from NJ drove them. This was a couple of years after luxury SUVs started to take off. I’ve only ever seen one in Arlington and I’ve lived here for 20 years.

[Anonymous]

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Yup. This is exactly right. N. Arlington in particular has the biggest disparity between house prices and the prices of the cars parked out front that I’ve ever seen. You’d look like a complete loser driving around in a G wagon. Even the DHs all drive very reasonable cars… they’re not cruising around in a Maserati.


Nail on head.

You’ve never been to NJ I bet? My in laws neighborhood is $2-5m houses and they all have G wagons, Range Rovers, Lamborghini suvs, even a Bugatti. Not just two cars, 4 or 5.


You just completely made PP’s point. NJ- $2m house, G wagon. North Arlington- $2m house, used Honda Civic

I'm always surprised by the fancier cars I see parked in driveways in the further out suburbs vs. Arlington. Your house is worth 500k and you have two 70k cars in the driveway? I personally find cars to be an appliance that gets me from point A to point B, so I don't spend much on them... living up to the Arlington stereotype, I guess?

Yes! Im the pp whose FIL managed car dealerships. he said the rich people here bought subarus in cash. Sometimes no frill s trucks to tow their horse or boat with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is G Wagon?

Mercedes Benz SUV that looks like Old Mother Hubbard’s shoe. Big and boxy.

The name of the vehicle, in German, is "Gelandeswagen," which basically means SUV in German.

And that reminds me of one of my favorite lines of TV ever: In Entourage an older, jewish movie executive says sharply to Ari (Jeremy Piven) about his Mercedes, "Im not getting in that Nazi sled!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yup. This is exactly right. N. Arlington in particular has the biggest disparity between house prices and the prices of the cars parked out front that I’ve ever seen. You’d look like a complete loser driving around in a G wagon. Even the DHs all drive very reasonable cars… they’re not cruising around in a Maserati.


Nail on head.

You’ve never been to NJ I bet? My in laws neighborhood is $2-5m houses and they all have G wagons, Range Rovers, Lamborghini suvs, even a Bugatti. Not just two cars, 4 or 5.


You just completely made PP’s point. NJ- $2m house, G wagon. North Arlington- $2m house, used Honda Civic

I'm always surprised by the fancier cars I see parked in driveways in the further out suburbs vs. Arlington. Your house is worth 500k and you have two 70k cars in the driveway? I personally find cars to be an appliance that gets me from point A to point B, so I don't spend much on them... living up to the Arlington stereotype, I guess?

Yes! Im the pp whose FIL managed car dealerships. he said the rich people here bought subarus in cash. Sometimes no frill s trucks to tow their horse or boat with.

The ones with hobby farms buy really, really nice tractors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Yup. This is exactly right. N. Arlington in particular has the biggest disparity between house prices and the prices of the cars parked out front that I’ve ever seen. You’d look like a complete loser driving around in a G wagon. Even the DHs all drive very reasonable cars… they’re not cruising around in a Maserati.


Nail on head.

You’ve never been to NJ I bet? My in laws neighborhood is $2-5m houses and they all have G wagons, Range Rovers, Lamborghini suvs, even a Bugatti. Not just two cars, 4 or 5.


You just completely made PP’s point. NJ- $2m house, G wagon. North Arlington- $2m house, used Honda Civic

I'm always surprised by the fancier cars I see parked in driveways in the further out suburbs vs. Arlington. Your house is worth 500k and you have two 70k cars in the driveway? I personally find cars to be an appliance that gets me from point A to point B, so I don't spend much on them... living up to the Arlington stereotype, I guess?

I saw a G wagon in the gas line at Costco the other day.

When I used to work at the NIH, the fanciest car was driven by the lady that did the glassware and such. The PIs, the heads of the labs, all drove the most sensible cars. Similar thing at our business now. The fanciest cars are generally owned by the people that make the least. We the owners, drive normal domestic cars. But, we pay in cash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yup. This is exactly right. N. Arlington in particular has the biggest disparity between house prices and the prices of the cars parked out front that I’ve ever seen. You’d look like a complete loser driving around in a G wagon. Even the DHs all drive very reasonable cars… they’re not cruising around in a Maserati.


Nail on head.

You’ve never been to NJ I bet? My in laws neighborhood is $2-5m houses and they all have G wagons, Range Rovers, Lamborghini suvs, even a Bugatti. Not just two cars, 4 or 5.


You just completely made PP’s point. NJ- $2m house, G wagon. North Arlington- $2m house, used Honda Civic

I'm always surprised by the fancier cars I see parked in driveways in the further out suburbs vs. Arlington. Your house is worth 500k and you have two 70k cars in the driveway? I personally find cars to be an appliance that gets me from point A to point B, so I don't spend much on them... living up to the Arlington stereotype, I guess?

Yes! Im the pp whose FIL managed car dealerships. he said the rich people here bought subarus in cash. Sometimes no frill s trucks to tow their horse or boat with.

The ones with hobby farms buy really, really nice tractors.

NP but My dad once met Madeline Albright at a place that sold tractors …She was looking for something for her hobby farm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hard to pinpoint an aesthetic bc so much variation. Rich Persian SAHM is wayyy different from rich white academic/lawyer mom. And there are many things in between

Rich academic is an oxymoron.

An astounding number of academics are married to high earners and/or have inherited wealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on how you define "rich."

Considering you are asking, I'm going to assume you mean HHI of 200k-300k. So here it goes. .

1) Buy most expensive new build you qualify for. It must be a new build.

2) Be sure to use every opportunity to post photos about the new build on FB, and keep that free tote the builder gives you handy on display. So people are reminded you bought a new build.

3) Buy a black SUV. 2 is better.

4) Be frumpy. Old Navy, Marshalls, etc.

5) Express your dislike about everything at every gathering.

6) Gain weight.

7) Be a bad host. If you invite people over, let them starve, save a plate of cookies. Can add few carrot sticks for show.

8) Humble brag about anything work related. Speech? promotion? business trip? team? Every little bit helps!

And
This is not even sort of accurate, and also suggests you’re a pretty unpleasant person. And LOL at 300k being “rich” around here.

So what income is considered rich around DC?

Idk but where can you buy a new build with that HHI?

Lots of them in Loudoun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard to pinpoint an aesthetic bc so much variation. Rich Persian SAHM is wayyy different from rich white academic/lawyer mom. And there are many things in between

Rich academic is an oxymoron.

Correct.
Academics are only wealthy if they are trustfund babies.

Which many are. Hence the prevalence of woke cluelessness in academia. Never having to really work for money makes the world simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard to pinpoint an aesthetic bc so much variation. Rich Persian SAHM is wayyy different from rich white academic/lawyer mom. And there are many things in between

Rich academic is an oxymoron.

Correct.
Academics are only wealthy if they are trustfund babies.

Which many are. Hence the prevalence of woke cluelessness in academia. Never having to really work for money makes the world simple.

A lot are also married to high earners. My sibling is an academic at an Ivy League school but the spouse is a biglaw partner. Many of my siblings’ colleagues are married to others in similar jobs and/or gave inheritances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on how you define "rich."

Considering you are asking, I'm going to assume you mean HHI of 200k-300k. So here it goes. .

1) Buy most expensive new build you qualify for. It must be a new build.

2) Be sure to use every opportunity to post photos about the new build on FB, and keep that free tote the builder gives you handy on display. So people are reminded you bought a new build.

3) Buy a black SUV. 2 is better.

4) Be frumpy. Old Navy, Marshalls, etc.

5) Express your dislike about everything at every gathering.

6) Gain weight.

7) Be a bad host. If you invite people over, let them starve, save a plate of cookies. Can add few carrot sticks for show.

8) Humble brag about anything work related. Speech? promotion? business trip? team? Every little bit helps!

And
This is not even sort of accurate, and also suggests you’re a pretty unpleasant person. And LOL at 300k being “rich” around here.

So what income is considered rich around DC?

Idk but where can you buy a new build with that HHI?

Lots of them in Loudoun.

Yep Loudoun is full of these. Same with Gainesville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is G Wagon?

Mercedes Benz SUV that looks like Old Mother Hubbard’s shoe. Big and boxy.

The name of the vehicle, in German, is "Gelandeswagen," which basically means SUV in German.

And that reminds me of one of my favorite lines of TV ever: In Entourage an older, jewish movie executive says sharply to Ari (Jeremy Piven) about his Mercedes, "Im not getting in that Nazi sled!"

And the movie exec drives a Ford!
Oh the irony!!

During WW2 Germany conquered Russia with Ford motor vehicles. Ford had a working factory in Germany. The execs met in Spain because otherwise it would have been illegal. Ford factory in Germany had slave labor. A survivor lost their legal claim against Ford because the hierarchy went too high up

[Anonymous]

This is a very interesting thread. When I see people in ARL (which is where I live) who look "rich" / try to look it, I think they are in debt b/c when I was growing up, all the people who looked rich ended up in bankruptcy.

I still think that. There's a relaxedness to "wealth" whereas being or looking "rich" has a layer of anxiety over it which I interpret as overextended.

Fascinating about cars and houses but let's face it. My SFH in ARL would list for about 900K. We are still in our "starter" home. Everywhere else in the US, it would list at 200K maybe. I don't have a new build tho. My car is 10 yrs old and the other is...well, a complete Arlington mobile. Some hybrid sedan.