tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post6700835003880911054..comments2024-03-28T16:17:49.667-04:00Comments on Salt Water New England: What is the Snobbiest State, and What Criteria Would You Use?Salt Water New Englandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940851375677714833noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-19248742264293224342022-02-06T08:20:08.366-05:002022-02-06T08:20:08.366-05:00Bronxdale? LolBronxdale? LolPatsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-21171545596404156302022-02-05T15:03:34.879-05:002022-02-05T15:03:34.879-05:00Larchmont, Mamaroneck and especially Bronxdale wou...Larchmont, Mamaroneck and especially Bronxdale would all take issue with you saying Scarsdale is snobbier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-5634284893636038412022-02-04T07:37:27.899-05:002022-02-04T07:37:27.899-05:00Oxford, MarylandOxford, MarylandAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624018428889592874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-79302382376211440432022-02-03T15:03:58.365-05:002022-02-03T15:03:58.365-05:00Currently living in West Virginia, there is no sno...Currently living in West Virginia, there is no snobbery here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-10906210366726494382022-02-02T09:27:14.738-05:002022-02-02T09:27:14.738-05:00As someone who graduated from what I like to call ...As someone who graduated from what I like to call a "fairly prestigious" institution of higher learning in New England, I will happily acknowledge the complete superiority of New Englanders while I sit on a beach in South Florida enjoying the balmy 70 degree weather and a breakfast Bloody Mary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-33132218493675949132022-02-01T21:58:57.292-05:002022-02-01T21:58:57.292-05:00True story, we were attending our son's lacros...True story, we were attending our son's lacrosse match (I know, I know) at Greenwich High School (we were the visiting team). One of the Greenwich player's fathers introduced himself and it took him less than two minutes to let us know he was a Harvard alum. It became the running joke for the balance of the season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-56383206101868092992022-02-01T20:06:21.870-05:002022-02-01T20:06:21.870-05:00Silly topic really, it is of course Delaware but o...Silly topic really, it is of course Delaware but one very specific parcel that runs north from Wilmington to Longwood. We called it "The Kennett Pike" and dear old Pierre purchased the road, so we no longer need to fuse with that silly toll business. Now the trades people call it Route 52 which I find very impersonal. All the best families live here in homes built by our grandparents. We don't go out much anymore, but on occasion we will stop in at Buckley's in Centerville. If I may I will share a short story. Mother told us that Grandmother had the driver stop once and she went inside unescorted and had a Bloody Mary after a fall during a point to point at Winterthur. we still laugh about that one.<br />Good evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-29680388492875198982022-02-01T19:14:46.731-05:002022-02-01T19:14:46.731-05:00Those who keep open their minds, and their eyes an...Those who keep open their minds, and their eyes and ears when they travel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-77910148699983595052022-02-01T19:03:12.462-05:002022-02-01T19:03:12.462-05:00Touche, Patsy. You nailed it! Love that poem!Touche, Patsy. You nailed it! Love that poem!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-86287190281052747062022-02-01T18:41:31.253-05:002022-02-01T18:41:31.253-05:00As someone with homes in New York, Connecticut and...As someone with homes in New York, Connecticut and California, I am happy to make the list three times!<br /><br />I'm not sure I'd use booze consumption as a decider... A more reliable leading indicator might be: The amount of twenty-five year plus Volvos still on the road X Harris Tweeds in circulation + Ivy degrees X Black Labs, that answer to the names of famous authorsARCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-78017167723010682022022-02-01T16:43:30.633-05:002022-02-01T16:43:30.633-05:00Who has the time or temperament to sit in judgemen...Who has the time or temperament to sit in judgement of others based on their place or residnece?RCJHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-14721028787110078262022-02-01T15:55:29.452-05:002022-02-01T15:55:29.452-05:00I know it is not a state, but you seem to have lef...I know it is not a state, but you seem to have left out DC<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-41890322405859198062022-02-01T14:35:29.709-05:002022-02-01T14:35:29.709-05:00I must be sub-mental then ... I just wasted a minu...I must be sub-mental then ... I just wasted a minute reading Sartresky comments. Sorry.ROBERT REICHARDTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-46387345200037650092022-02-01T14:28:39.383-05:002022-02-01T14:28:39.383-05:00And alumni/alumnae of certain schools, most notabl...And alumni/alumnae of certain schools, most notably Harvard and Yale, will not only let you know upon first meeting but thoughtfully remind you on subsequent encounters. Those who went to school in California, on the other hand, are not likely to let you know they went to Cal, Stanford, one of the Claremont colleges, or Cal Tech. Vecchio Vespanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-67325370302308956842022-02-01T13:20:35.712-05:002022-02-01T13:20:35.712-05:00But do the DuPonts (of which there are a smatterin...But do the DuPonts (of which there are a smattering in Osterville) have their own poem? I think not.<br /><br />And this is good old Boston,<br />The home of the bean and the cod,<br />Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots,<br />And the Cabots talk only to God.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-34910191524388370232022-02-01T13:03:34.117-05:002022-02-01T13:03:34.117-05:0002138: the World's Most Opinionated ZIP Code.02138: the World's Most Opinionated ZIP Code.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-13362375830131467632022-02-01T12:08:56.133-05:002022-02-01T12:08:56.133-05:00Mon cher Satre, I know I speak for all Muffiites w...Mon cher Satre, I know I speak for all Muffiites when I say how sorry we are for embracing a sub-mental topic with such enthusiam. We, unlike you, are lost in a void of meaningless thought and speech. You, unlike we, live and think in a rarified world of existentialism, a concept so subtle and at the same time so complicated and ephemeral that mere mortals are unable and perhaps more importantly, uninclined, to consider it. We, therefore, look to you to contribute a more erudite topic for all in Muffy land to ponder. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-75764442527528291152022-02-01T12:04:33.039-05:002022-02-01T12:04:33.039-05:00OMG you all have missed it. (With apologies to Pro...OMG you all have missed it. (With apologies to Professor Satre above), by far, without question, bar none the snobbiest state is the smallest, first state: Delaware. Delaware is the only state with one and only one monarchial family: DuPont. From the DuPonts were spawned a few precious thousand of relatives over the past century, all of whom live just outside Wilmington with a second home in Rehobeth Beach. These folks look down on everybody because, well, they can. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-75647754319321453942022-02-01T12:00:58.553-05:002022-02-01T12:00:58.553-05:00It's so true...It's so true...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-23891696502578160192022-02-01T11:06:46.846-05:002022-02-01T11:06:46.846-05:00It's easy to generalize. Wealth and elitism of...It's easy to generalize. Wealth and elitism often go hand-in-hand, whether it's the Boston Brahmins or old/new Texas money. <br /><br />Barbecue and chili vary enough among states and regions that it's more of a state pride/style debate than elitism, as if anyone would be a snob in a discussion about brisket, chili, or the alcoholic beverage one uses to wash it down (probably not wine). andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409031748621766854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-62470682196217763862022-02-01T10:39:18.825-05:002022-02-01T10:39:18.825-05:00"Looks like the northeast may have a smug pro..."Looks like the northeast may have a smug problem." because of all the college graduates? I can think of other ways of wording the disparity, but that wouldn't make the other 40 feel very good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-26285128588016004352022-01-31T23:07:56.907-05:002022-01-31T23:07:56.907-05:00Texas!Texas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-30802075754224910632022-01-31T22:47:52.106-05:002022-01-31T22:47:52.106-05:00Interesting, most of the " better" North...Interesting, most of the " better" Northern schools are a ( strictly unspoken) faux pas/social liability among many in the South. Exceptions that come to mind are BC, for girls,also the old, pre-hemorrage Pine Manor RIP, St. Lawrence, Dartmouth to an extent, Hamilton, Kenyon, and Denison. ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02546078780462627076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-67947591225785722522022-01-31T22:20:41.367-05:002022-01-31T22:20:41.367-05:00Still, you have to admire the line: How do you tel...Still, you have to admire the line: How do you tell someone went to Harvard? You don’t, but trust me, they’ll tell you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714922182513339530.post-89220921947280297112022-01-31T19:41:37.568-05:002022-01-31T19:41:37.568-05:00I'd comment, but I'm from Vermont...I'd comment, but I'm from Vermont...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com