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Greenwich, Conn., used to be a classic walking town.

People strolled down Greenwich Avenue to shop for French linens, wine or British riding boots. They took trains to work. The town center was defined by its famous traffic bobbies — white-gloved keepers of the pedestrian peace who would stop rush-hour traffic to let even the lowliest shopper cross from Lynnens Inc. to the Petit Patapon.

But the new generation of fast money in Greenwich has brought along a new generation of fast cars — lots of them. Hedge funders, Wall Streeters and other money men have moved in with their own private auto fleets, clogging up Greenwich Avenue and filling the town’s parking lots.

A recent New York Times story by Peter Applebome (here, via Times Select) says the traffic has gotten so bad that the town is even considering replacing the bobbies with traffic lights, since the stop signs used when the cops are off duty aren’t sufficient to regulate traffic.

Now, an article by Christopher Keating in the Hartford Courant gives us sneek peak into the garages of Greenwich to see just how many cars the residents own. Greenwich has 61,972 people, according to the article, and 66,000 vehicles — more than one car per person. That includes:

* 3,769 BMWs
* 3,474 Mercedes Benzes
* 931 Porsches
* 94 Ferraris
* 90 Bentleys
* 65 Aston Martins
* 40 Maseratis
* 39 Rolls-Royces
* 4 Maybachs
* 1 Lamborghini

In other words, one in 10 people in Greenwich own a BMW or Mercedes.

As with any town, some Greenwichers have bigger fleets than others. According to the Keating article, hedge-funder Paul Tudor Jones II, of Tudor Ventures, owns 15 cars. Steven Cohen of SAC and his wife have 13 registered in their name. But designer Tommy Hilfiger and his family get the prize with 20 vehicles, including a red Enzo Ferrari valued at $1 million.

Yet even common Greenwichers have four or five cars, according to the article.

“Anybody who has two teenage kids over 16 — right off the bat, you have to have four (cars) for a family of four,” one Greenwicher tells the Courant. “And then maybe one toy car.”

While the Courtant article focuses a controversial plan by the Connecticut governor to elimate the personal property tax on cars, I don’t think Greenwichers will care. The total amount the town would save in car taxes is $5.5 million — enough, perhaps, to almost fill Mr. Hilfiger’s garage.

rich bastards


[quote]原帖由 [i]JJ[/i] 于 2007-3-30 12:16 发表

* 3,769 BMWs
* 3,474 Mercedes Benzes
* 931 Porsches
* 94 Ferraris
* 90 Bentleys
* 65 Aston Martins
* 40 Maseratis
* 39 Rolls-Royces
* 4 Maybachs
* 1 Lamborghini

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啊我去这个小town玩过，很nice... Tommy Hilfiger 住那里啊?...
这个是不是现在US最富的一个town?

ai... 要说多赚钱，还是Finance这行厉害。

没错。全美人均收人最高的town.


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啊我去这个小town玩过，很nice... Tommy Hilfiger 住那里啊?...
这个是不是现在US最富的一个town?
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那边finance厉害嘛？为什么不是nyc呢
[quote]原帖由 [i]Muggle[/i] 于 2007-3-30 12:45 PM 发表
啊我去这个小town玩过，很nice... Tommy Hilfiger 住那里啊?...
这个是不是现在US最富的一个town?

ai... 要说多赚钱，还是Finance这行厉害。 [/quote]

它的邻居，Stamford 是个Finance 重镇。

偶们上个周末从NJ回来，迷路。。。
误入一个很震撼的小town，然后GPS上一查：Greenwich，CT。

[quote]原帖由 [i]aeolus[/i] 于 2007-3-30 02:02 PM 发表
那边finance厉害嘛？为什么不是nyc呢
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那个town里面集中的都是做hedge fund的，所以很有钱。NYC估计也是很多有钱人，不过毕竟是鱼龙混杂的，估计一平均就不行了。

去那里打劫岂不是性价比很高？

警察比住户还多吧

据lulu他们说，这个town里随便一条小街上出来Porche车行（偶有没有拚错？紧张ing~）

有钱人都用大石头推起来当围墙，堆的越高越有钱 :kuangxiao

[quote]原帖由 [i]together[/i] 于 2007-3-30 11:24 PM 发表
据lulu他们说，这个town里随便一条小街上出来Porche车行（偶有没有拚错？紧张ing~）

有钱人都用大石头推起来当围墙，堆的越高越有钱 :kuangxiao [/quote]

是啊

当时还在讨论,看这一带有钱没钱,看车行和路就可以了,结果突然边上连续出现脑海中已知的
所有高级车行,心想怎么说曹操,曹操就到呢.不是一般的震撼,特别是那个像城堡的私人住宅.

哎，你们没带相机真是可惜了

据说old money在南部多些，主要是富人世世代代有钱，穷人（前辈是奴隶啥的）很难有机会翻身。如果一个人“白手”光靠做finance做的好就能住Greenwich，似乎还是挺遥远的。