I don't quite understand Rusnak's POV, (other than he likes being a contrary guy); whom am I supposed to be making an impression on when I go to Home Depot or stop for gas or the dozens of other times that strangers might see my footwear? Some prick with a mediocre life who's obsessed with status uniforms in society?
I actually do agree that it has value to dress appropriately for various situations and that this can vary for different regions and whether urban/rural/etc. When you are in the bread basket of America, (farm country anywhere), men all pretty much dress the same with flannel shirts and trucker hats to be warm and comfortable and keep the sun off their nose. You cannot tell who the gazillionaires are and I like it like that. In my crowd, you would look down on people who are brilliant, incredibly generous and wealthy beyond your dreams. People whose biggest challenge is how to give away hundreds of millions
this year. The dress code is a little different from someone who thinks that $5M is a huge amount of RE.
