@daMoshe, Correct, even wheen you factor in common schools like HANC or HALB, whose high school tuition is closer to 30K, they still have massive breaks and honestly, calling MO Jews materialistic because they pay a lot for tuition, which is merely a factor of their superior education system, is disingenuous,
Three-Quarters of stores in Heimish neighborhoods are luxury food or clothing boutiques. The magazine ads, geared toward Chasidim, are a lesson in excess. Every yingerman getting married expects to be outfitted with a trousseau fit for a king, with just the perfect silk pajamas and a shtriemel that needs more fittings than a kallah’s wedding gown. The perfect carriage, the perfect outfit, everything is the perfect this or that. That atitude does not exist in MO culture