The Deuce: Winnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe are the old-money rich. Highland Park is new-money rich.

For those non-Chicagoans…what is your “Naperville”… - haighter July 5, 2026, 11:52:12

maybe the real Naperville is the friends we made along the way* - Sammich Yesterday, 13:38:18
- Everyone has a little Naperville inside of them* - Sounder Today, 0:10:03
For Indy I think it would be Fishers? - tvillini Yesterday, 12:57:45
Bellevue - illinibone Yesterday, 12:08:16
- I saw this Bellevue satire on Istagram the other day...seemed funny... - haighter Yesterday, 12:26:39
  - LOL, and mostly true - illinibone Yesterday, 12:34:40
    - The house I grew up in is now supposedly "worth" $1.2M. - doubledown Yesterday, 12:53:29
    - has a minecraft house->* - gvibes Yesterday, 12:49:02
- Feels way too close to Seattle to be the right comp* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 12:21:45
  - For anyone living in Seattle, East of Lake Washington may as well be the moral equivalent of - illinibone Yesterday, 12:24:48
    - It's not that we're afraid to cross the lake, we just don't see any point in doing so* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:27:51
  - Issaquah* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:22:42
Sun Prairie, Middleton, Verona.* - MojoJojo Yesterday, 9:46:55
- I say Middleton - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 18:34:26
kind of hard in boston, but maybe sudbury or dover* - torinese Yesterday, 8:52:48
- Newton* - ArtVandelay Yesterday, 22:18:17
Orange County CA....it's Irvine* - RSMBob Yesterday, 8:20:55
- Yeah, after some additional research I think it's Irvine for LA. WV is too small.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:26:58
Probably Coralville* - ijustkrushalot July 5, 2026, 20:11:00
Leawood* - KCWildcat July 5, 2026, 17:47:12
what does that even mean?* - bbonb July 5, 2026, 17:46:24
- If you have to ask…* - DocWalk20 July 5, 2026, 18:47:19
For NYC, Westchester* - JacobRDaugherty July 5, 2026, 17:43:16
- Don’t think that’s apples to apples - snipes824 July 5, 2026, 17:56:08
  - Gotta be somewhere in New Jersey* - Carl Spackler July 5, 2026, 18:02:29
    - Old Bethpage* - ATL July 5, 2026, 18:03:56
      - For nj: Short Hills * - ATL July 5, 2026, 18:05:07
        
        More like Morristown* - ArtVandelay Yesterday, 22:18:58
        
        Good call. I was also thinking Montclair but it doesn't really have the shopping does it?* - ATL Today, 5:30:15
Edina * - MC July 5, 2026, 16:07:21
- think Edina is more like Evanston* - ECEIllinois July 5, 2026, 16:46:00
  - I got stuck in a snowbank; I was too drunk to drive to Edina - ATL July 5, 2026, 18:02:14
  - Can’t really think of a good example bc people here expect everyone to know all the suburbs * - MC July 5, 2026, 16:49:22
    - Think large, affluent suburb located a distance from the city * - ATL July 5, 2026, 17:00:57
      - New money an important component. * - haighter July 5, 2026, 17:27:32
        
        Heh. The only time I spent any time in Walnut Creek was 25 years ago and it was nice then * - ATL July 5, 2026, 18:07:22
        
        I lived in Walnut Creek, it’s aweaome - Sounder Yesterday, 8:52:00
        
        Yea...I don't really have a problem with Walnut Creek...and I don't think I have one with... - haighter Yesterday, 12:23:44
        
        I don't think people who live in Walnut Creek wish they lived in Marin - Sounder Yesterday, 12:29:38
        
        I dunno man...Tam Junction gettin super trendy. Which reminds me...remember the MarinDad meme? * - haighter Yesterday, 12:33:41
        
        Marin is beautiful, but honestly the people annoy the shit out of me* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:08:14
        
        I know a retiree who was born in Walnut Creek during the Eisenhower Administration. - complainant July 5, 2026, 20:12:33
        
        BART was built because of Walnut Creek* - Sounder Yesterday, 9:50:56
Gilbert/Chandler* - uofi1998 July 5, 2026, 16:05:36
Dunlap* - PapaDels July 5, 2026, 15:54:12
For LA it's probably Westlake Village.* - Warrin'_Illini July 5, 2026, 15:33:26
Eden Prairie for Minneapolis-St. Paul* - ECEIllinois July 5, 2026, 15:31:26
Bellevue* - Sounder July 5, 2026, 15:29:55
Chesterfield* - CWR10 July 5, 2026, 15:24:03
- I thought for sure that'd be Clayton. Or is Clayton more like Arlington Heights? - DanSaint July 5, 2026, 16:10:55
  - Arlington Heights isn’t the rich area. * - VIV July 5, 2026, 17:59:53
    - Really? It was at one point, right? Maybe Highland Park?* - DanSaint Yesterday, 12:23:14
      - Winnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe are the old-money rich. Highland Park is new-money rich. - VIV Yesterday, 12:31:45
- Yep* - VIV July 5, 2026, 15:55:02
lol was about to say Walnut Creek* - ECEIllinois July 5, 2026, 15:18:45
For Pittsburgh: Cranberry. Or Mars. * - ATL July 5, 2026, 14:30:39
clayton* - TarheelIllini July 5, 2026, 14:20:01
Sugar Land over Katy imo* - bulldogmba July 5, 2026, 14:02:00
- Better Indian food there * - ATL July 5, 2026, 14:29:39
DFW - Arlington - theBard July 5, 2026, 13:58:51
Glen Allen* - RVA July 5, 2026, 13:58:48
McLean* - LeatherneckIllini July 5, 2026, 13:19:31
- Atlanta far busier. * - illini July 5, 2026, 20:10:21
- McLean is more like the Wilmette of DC - timmer July 5, 2026, 14:28:16
  - McLean is too close for a Naperville comparison. That's a problem for DC - Potomac July 5, 2026, 19:03:47
  - Vienna or Tysons Corner?* - complainant July 5, 2026, 14:52:30
    - Tysons is confusing. It’s mall / office park hell but no N’ville - timmer July 5, 2026, 16:05:48
      - I've only just heard of the place that's calling itself One Loudoun so that gets my vote - RVA July 5, 2026, 19:54:33
Avon* - Stu July 5, 2026, 12:52:29
Alpharetta* - ATL July 5, 2026, 12:31:30
- Can confirm* - KingTalkyTiki July 5, 2026, 13:05:21
  - Co * - haighter July 5, 2026, 14:01:24

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