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Originally Posted by jcommin
Years ago, I lived in an upper middle-income neighborhood 35 minutes away from Chicago. It was adjacent to the North Shore burbs of the city. My son was in HS and the cars that juniors and seniors that pulled up in my driveway were incredible. Corvettes, Hummers, MBs, BMWs - way too much money.
My son lost his license in his senior year and for many reasons, I took him to school daily. You could immediately tell the difference between the lot of the teaching staff vs the student parking lot.
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That story reminded me of a phenom of Huntington Beach CA (AKA Surf City). Adjacent to Newport Beach which is decidedly wealthy, HB has its share of wealth and a big helping of upper middle class.
If you drove by the local high school several years back you would see a lot of classic American cars as student rides. I'm talking tri-5 Chevys and other cars and coffee kinds of cars. A good share of old air cooled VW's as well. Of course there were the Honda's and that ilk but not much riced up influence going on.
It was pretty cool to see teenagers in American Graffiti cars. IDK if this is still a thing.