Affluenza

"If conspicuous consumption is epidemic in America, then Orange COunty is the Hot Zone"




There was story in the Los Angeles Times Magazine that discussed the lives(or pseudo lives) of those in The OC. There was talk about how those who live in this county, especially the under 30 set, tend to waste away their money on material things like Mercedes Benz motorcars, boob jobs and the like, as well as their pursuit of such trivialities, in an effort to "BSCENE" or to look good or whatever. The sad thing about the article, is it really hits it on the head when it comes to the lifestyle we live here in Orange County, perhaps the most affluent county in Southern California, if not the United States. The author, who grew up in OC, interviewed a sales manager at the local Mercedes Benz dealer in Newport Beach, (down the street from where I work), and the comments the sales manager made about his typical clientele were amusing

25 year old male with good credit

$2500 down payment

$758 monthly payment for 48 months on a $52,000 Mercedes

$38,884 to rent a car for four years

65 percent of the dealerships clientele lease their vehicles

My big question is why would a 25 year old want to spend $758 a month on a car? To score with the chicks? I imagine that would be one of the main reasons, because if you drive a nice car in the OC, OC chicks are easy. There are many here who are just as fake as the guy who is leasing his lifestyle.