[Eric19627]

The converse question might be why don’t more ‘white’ young men drive expensive cars? In my family background (British heritage, lower-middle to middle-middle class, I think) showing off with wealth (or apparent wealth), especially in a flashy manner, is kind of frowned upon–and the fact is, its not so much the cost as the flashiness factor, which reads as tacky. Look at the style differences between typical Norht American northern european type weddings and Greek/Italian/Portugese weddings and you’ll get what I’m talking about. Goes for clothes, watches, cars, whatever, flashy isn;t that cool for us, and we knid of know we look dorky doing it–so we choose punk or goth styles, intentionally dorky outfits, when we want to draw attention. Spending money on gadgets, vacations and buying a house or condo (where we can get into credit trouble) is more the norm. We like the nice cars, but we assume that someone who puts all his resources into one is either trying overcompensate for something, or selse has chosen that as his particular thing. Hell, if you live in the city, not owning a car can be a badge of honour in some circles. Seems like lots of people with Black, South-East Asian, Southern European, Latin American backgrounds don’t instinctively do things that way. Then again, lots do. Come to think of it, if you’re young and in Toronto, as long as you’re ‘middle-class’–by accent, education, pretensions, and up-bringing–which probably reads as culturally ‘white’ for a lot of people; your actual race/heritage doesn’t matter so much in this context–having no money to spend carries no stigma, its just inconvenient. I don’t think it works that way in communities where people do or are assumed to live close to the line.

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Name : Eric19627, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 33, City : Toronto, State : NA, Country : Canada, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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