OT: The 10 Snobbiest Places in Michigan

Submitted by The Mad Hatter on

I think this article fits in nicely with the granite countertop and private school theme we have going on this week.

Their methodology does appear to be somewhat flawed, as Birmingham didn't make the list and Royal Oak is #4.

http://www.roadsnacks.net/snobbiest-places-in-michigan/

 

TL:DR

Northville, Rochester, Plymouth, Royal Oak, Traverse City, Petoskey, Troy, Novi, Okemos, Saline.

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wolverinebutt

August 18th, 2015 at 6:13 PM ^

This was poorly done, but Royal Oak isn't completely off the snob hook.  

I lived near the Shrine at 12/Woodward that was pictured for 25 years.  I've been gone 15 years now.  There were some real snobs and racists in that little pocket.  I hope the younger crowd has pushed that bunch out.  

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schone32

August 18th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^

West side version in order by school district: 1.EGR 2.Holland Christian 3.Forest hills central 4.Forest hills northern 5.Gr Christian 6.Gr catholic central 7.rockford 8.spring Lake 9.Grandville 10. South Christian hon mention: caledonia, N Muskegon, Hudsonville, Forest Hills Eastern, Unity Christian, Calvin Christian.



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BlueinLansing

August 18th, 2015 at 7:53 PM ^

the list is "in good fun"

 

spent some time in many other wealthier places around the country.  Other than maybe the Birmingham/Bloomfield, Northville and Gross Pointes its really hard to call anywhere in Michigan truly snobby.

 

It is still a state who's wealth comes from working hard and playing hard.

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MichiganTeacher

August 18th, 2015 at 10:54 PM ^

Criteria are ridiculous and a little disgusting in that they flat-out equate wealth with thinking you're better than other people. Two very different things.

I grew up in Petoskey. There is no significant "we think we're better than you" vibe there, nor in Bay View. The only place I've ever lived where I've felt that many of the people are snobs (as in, believe they're better than others) is in Manhattan, DUMBO, Riverdale, etc in NYC. A lot of those people really do think they're somehow superior to the rest of the country.

 

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1329 S. University

August 18th, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^

I grew up in Troy and went to school in Birmingham. No comparison between the two. Any friends I would invite over from Birmingham looked down on us Troy folk. "You mow your own lawn? Where is the gardener?"

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mb121wl

August 19th, 2015 at 12:50 AM ^

towns and cities here, but this is a bit like a debate about the best non-R1 regional universities in the country--it's small potatoes.  I've lived (and here I name-drop to establish my snobby bona fides) in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Beverly Hills, London, Oxford, and the south of France.  Michigan is not world-class snobby (although from personal experience I'd like to put in a word for Birmingham).  To be a true world-class snob, you've got to be able to do things like explain why California wines can't compete with French ones by saying "because you simply don't have the people!"  (Incidentally, the places I mention here actually aren't snobby as a whole--they're just home to some folks who are very adept at this particular social skill.)

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blockm97

August 19th, 2015 at 9:17 AM ^

I've lived up north and on the west side of the state.  A little commentary..

Traverse City:  Not sure they are snobby, but their big issue is they think TC is the greatest place in the state yet many of them have no idea how to navigate GR or Detroit.  Up north is nice to visit, but boring to live.

East Grand Rapids:  Snobby, but also established.  EGR folks are confident but not out to impress you.  They are not fake.  Which leads me to.....

Forest Hills/Grandville:  These two places, in my opinion, are snobby.  I like both, but they are loaded with materialistic folks who are new to the "upper class scene."  This is where snobbery is at its worst.  They think they are more than they really are.    

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