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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't have them on our cars because I drive too fast and DH's is definitely downscale.  My marketing sense (not an expert) is we wouldn't attract paying parents of bright children. I notice more stickers in Montgomery Cty than I do in DC, and more Catholic (and L for Landon) than Big 3 and others. I guess I never thought a GDS or Holton Arms, or a purple G or SJC, was snobby.  Just free advertising for a school they are proud to be part of.

For awhile I couldn't figure out what AHC (Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington) meant. I googled the initials while stopped behind a nice SUV and my iPhone popped up American Horse Council.  For a few weeks I though AHC meant the driver loves horses.[/quote]

Hah. You nailed it. And the reason why so many Montgomery Cty cars have stickers is the social climbing thing. [/quote]

Oh give me a break.  I have three kids in three different schools (1 public and 2 private) and I have stickers for all three - the kids love them.  Definitely a community thing, not a social climbing thing.  (Yeah, my minivan is soooo cool).  DH doesn't have any stickers, since I am the family bus driver and the kids are usually in my car.  BTW - grew up in upper NW DC and I know from social climbing, trust me.  Where I live (Kensington) is way more laid back than upper NW. [/quote]

If you live in parts of upper NW you aren't climbing you  are at the top. Kensington is just poorer than Upper NW and thus "more laid back" or whatever people are calling it these days.[/quote]

My point exactly!  I doubt you would ever hear anyone in Kensington or ChCh referring themselves as being at the top, or equating laid back as being poor.  I have neighbors who could buy and sell me ten times over, but they certainly aren't flashy about it, nor do they give a hoot where other folks live.  Sounds like you've got a lot to prove.

I have nothing to prove. I live in a better part of the region than you. I make more money than you. I have a trust fund, so do my kids. I don't have to put stickers on my car because even though my kids go to private what's the big deal? It's not like any of these schools are the Hong Kong International school. [/quote][/quote]

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