Cheap Bostonians

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They think JCrew and Gap are designer clothing.

Plus what is the deal with the sloppiness-in how they dress, how they keep their houses and yards?

Where were you in Boston? I was in Back Bay visiting my children and everybody was young and dressed beautifully. Newberry street was hoping, we could hardly get a reservation to a good restaurant on Friday evening. There is a lot more money there than in DC. Compared with their Zoo light, the National Zoo is a joke.

Newberry Street is not representative of the whole city. Lots of uber-rich international students plus tourists hang out there.

[Anonymous]

Really miss the culture not rooted in ostentatious conspicuous consumption there. There are pockets of it, of course, but it is definitely not the norm.

[Anonymous]

This thread is funny. I am from Boston and love to laugh at wasp-itality of my friends and relatives, but OPs examples aren't that at all. The Beacon Hill old money archetype and the South Boston Irish American one are totally different in their frugality. Guess who throws a better party?

I guess it seeps into you even when you think your not like other Bostonians because I, too, can't stand the ostentatious style around here. So crass.

Also, it's Newbury.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is funny. I am from Boston and love to laugh at wasp-itality of my friends and relatives, but OPs examples aren't that at all. The Beacon Hill old money archetype and the South Boston Irish American one are totally different in their frugality. Guess who throws a better party?

I guess it seeps into you even when you think your not like other Bostonians because I, too, can't stand the ostentatious style around here. So crass.

Also, it's Newbury.

So which group throws the better party?

[Anonymous]

I grew up split between Boston and a tiny town in the midwest. But I've lived in the DC area most of my adult life.

The folks who I know who grew up in the south are the ones that baffle me the most. The spending on clothing, home decor, appearances, etc just blows my mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is funny. I am from Boston and love to laugh at wasp-itality of my friends and relatives, but OPs examples aren't that at all. The Beacon Hill old money archetype and the South Boston Irish American one are totally different in their frugality. Guess who throws a better party?

I guess it seeps into you even when you think your not like other Bostonians because I, too, can't stand the ostentatious style around here. So crass.

Also, it's Newbury.

So which group throws the better party?

IYKYK.

What I love most about these posts is those trying to find out about a place they have never been. Especially "how do they define money" - the point is, they don't care. This area, as several PPs have noted is OBSESSED with pretending that they have money, and that is your problem, and yours alone.

Don't bother, you won't fit in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up split between Boston and a tiny town in the midwest. But I've lived in the DC area most of my adult life.

The folks who I know who grew up in the south are the ones that baffle me the most. The spending on clothing, home decor, appearances, etc just blows my mind.

+1

Spend, spend, spend. For what? It obviously does not make them happier. It reminds me of the post where OP was trying to keep up with their wealthy sibling. Why? Why is life a contest to you? Ask yourself that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is funny. I am from Boston and love to laugh at wasp-itality of my friends and relatives, but OPs examples aren't that at all. The Beacon Hill old money archetype and the South Boston Irish American one are totally different in their frugality. Guess who throws a better party?

I guess it seeps into you even when you think your not like other Bostonians because I, too, can't stand the ostentatious style around here. So crass.

Also, it's Newbury.

So which group throws the better party?

The best parties ever are on the third story of a triple decker where the dress code is jeans and a Bruins jersey. Folks arrive with a case of beer and a dish that their mother sent with them even though they haven't lived at home for a decade.

[Anonymous]

Boston has a vibrant Italian culture, too. DC's "Little Italy," if you could even call it that, was destroyed by freeway construction at the Third Street tunnel. A few Italian delis in Wheaton, Maybe some in Arlington, and that's about it.