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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (87868)	8/31/2007 10:26:20 PM
From: saveslivesbyday	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

"cars are almost an INVERSE measurement of wealth!" I've always thought there are 3 types of people who buy a Mercedes: 1. The guy who wants to think he's richer than he is. 2. The guy who wants everyone else to think he's richer than he is. 3. The guy who doesn't care what anyone thinks, but just knows it's a high quality car, and can afford it.

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (87868)	8/31/2007 10:35:35 PM
From: stan_hughes	Respond to of 306849

That can even apply to real estate, e.g. most of the downtown factory-turned-residential reno projects I see in my travels look like shit from the outside because people left them that way on purpose so as to not attract attention to the positively palatial surroundings inside -- being in non-contiguous and older parts of town, owners of these living spaces don't have gated community security guard forces to keep away the riff-raff, so they have to disguise it by not sprucing up the exterior