A few months ago, we gave city dwellers a gentle ribbing by explaining just what their St. Louis neighborhood signified to others.
Let's face it, for grownups, the choice of one's domicile is just as telling, if not more so, than where they graduated high school. Whether you're willing to admit it, people are making judgments about who you are based on where you've chosen to live. We're just the messenger here, folks.
So after we gave all those city neighborhoods a good look in the mirror of local perception, it's now St. Louis County's turn. And here is what others are thinking when you tell them what part of the county you live in — for good, for bad and for ugly.
What Your St. Louis Suburb Says About You
By Riverfront Times on Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 4:46 pm
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Webster Groves
You are an educated liberal but not liberal enough to want to be around poor people.
You are an educated liberal but not liberal enough to want to be around poor people.
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Kirkwood
You are educated and lean conservative — but you’re not like those conservatives.
You are educated and lean conservative — but you’re not like those conservatives.
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Clayton
You are rich, but not, like, ostentatious about it.
You are rich, but not, like, ostentatious about it.
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Olivette
You have Ladue taste in schools without a Ladue sized salary.
You have Ladue taste in schools without a Ladue sized salary.
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Ladue
You’re so rich you live in a place with great schools and still pay for private ones just for the hell of it.
You’re so rich you live in a place with great schools and still pay for private ones just for the hell of it.
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Huntleigh
You’re so rich, your last name is Busch — or at least you went to school with Busches.
You’re so rich, your last name is Busch — or at least you went to school with Busches.
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Wildwood
You are either new money and have the new subdivision address to prove it, or you’re a back-to-the-land hippie and can’t believe all this boring new money has invaded your paradise.
You are either new money and have the new subdivision address to prove it, or you’re a back-to-the-land hippie and can’t believe all this boring new money has invaded your paradise.
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Affton
Nobody dislikes you, but they don’t really think about you that much either.
Nobody dislikes you, but they don’t really think about you that much either.
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Lemay
You are likely running some low-level criminal enterprise, and odds are high it involves dogs or meth.
You are likely running some low-level criminal enterprise, and odds are high it involves dogs or meth.
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Bridgeton
You live in constant low-level fear of radioactive garbage fires.
You live in constant low-level fear of radioactive garbage fires.
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Des Peres
You usually just tell people you live in Kirkwood, but you wouldn’t mind a little more respect. That five-bedroom house wasn’t cheap! (Also, Nikki Glaser is from your city, not Kirkwood. She does it too!)
You usually just tell people you live in Kirkwood, but you wouldn’t mind a little more respect. That five-bedroom house wasn’t cheap! (Also, Nikki Glaser is from your city, not Kirkwood. She does it too!)
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University City
You truly value diversity — not just talking about it. That makes you the St. Louis area's true outlier.
You truly value diversity — not just talking about it. That makes you the St. Louis area's true outlier.
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Chesterfield
You are white and also boring.
You are white and also boring.
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Crestwood
You’re a yuppie waiting for construction to finish on your McBride Homes townhome in the crater of Crestwood Mall.
You’re a yuppie waiting for construction to finish on your McBride Homes townhome in the crater of Crestwood Mall.
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Brentwood
You hate yourself enough to endure horrendous traffic just for the convenience of living close to a Trader Joe’s.
You hate yourself enough to endure horrendous traffic just for the convenience of living close to a Trader Joe’s.
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Maplewood
You’re not a county person, you swear. You hate chain restaurants, you like old houses and you proudly voted for Maplewood's first Black female mayor. You just had to leave south city because you had kids.
You’re not a county person, you swear. You hate chain restaurants, you like old houses and you proudly voted for Maplewood's first Black female mayor. You just had to leave south city because you had kids.
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Wellston
You’ve seen some shit, but you know it’s still better than what goes on in north city.
You’ve seen some shit, but you know it’s still better than what goes on in north city.
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Vinita Park
There is a non-zero chance you have strong feelings about bees.
There is a non-zero chance you have strong feelings about bees.
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Overland
You value dive bars and Busch beer, and luckily you live in a land of plenty in that regard. There is also a strong possibility you are of Mexican descent.
You value dive bars and Busch beer, and luckily you live in a land of plenty in that regard. There is also a strong possibility you are of Mexican descent.
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St. John
You’re willing to put up with ticket-happy cops and over-zealous code enforcement but only because having the city’s court system located in the same building as your bank is just too convenient.
You’re willing to put up with ticket-happy cops and over-zealous code enforcement but only because having the city’s court system located in the same building as your bank is just too convenient.
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