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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Bethesda and now live in a cheaper part of town and people are the same everywhere. The stores in Bethesda are fancier and the landscaping is nicer and the homeless are hidden. But whether you are happy or unhappy is really about you. Once you’re above the SES where you’re really threatened by random violent crime (understanding that violent crime happens everywhere, but in terms of significant daily risk) I don’t think where you live or shop matters very much. One thing is that people have very different perceptions of their risk from violent crime. For a lot of people if they see a run down shopping center with someone sleeping on the sidewalk, they feel physically at risk even if they really aren’t. So I think that can make a genuine difference in people’s happiness to avoid that by living in exclusively wealthy areas, because they really do feel better even if it’s not based on facts.[/quote]
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