would you consider these metro areas "gucci" or "ghetto"

[freepcrusher]

What you do is this: I will name a list of dem leaning metro areas and you respond to it based on the following:

1 - This area is democrat almost entirely due to the "gucci dems"
2 - This area has a mix of gucci and ghetto but it is mostly because of the "gucci dems"
3 - The reason for this area's democratic lean is evenly split between the gucci and ghetto
4 - This area has a mix of gucci and ghetto but it is mostly because of the "ghetto dems"
5 - This area is democrat almost entirely due to the "ghetto dems"

Boston
New York
Newark
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
St Louis
Twin Cities
Seattle
Portland
Bay Area
Los Angeles
Austin
Tri County Region of South Florida
Memphis
DC
Baltimore

In My Opinion
Boston = 1
New York = 3
Newark = 5
Philadelphia = 5
Cleveland = 5
Detroit = 5
Chicago = 4
St Louis = 5
Twin Cities = 1
Seattle = 1
Portland = 1
Bay Area = 1
Los Angeles = 3
Austin = 1
South Florida = 4
Memphis = 5
DC = 2
Baltimore = 5

[freepcrusher]

Why would anyone put 1 for Portland? Portland's actually pretty downscale and only a few neighborhoods have a preponderance of yuppie, out of state migrants. It's certainly "alternative" in nearly all locales but it's lower middle class or working class as well and it much of the city has a rundown feel to it.

ok, maybe gucci isn't the right word. A better word would be "alternative lifestyles" or "bohemians." It's just that a lot of areas with rich fashionable liberals (like Manhattan) also have a lot of bohemian types so I lumped them into the same category.