Trendy or practical?

In our resort community, being trendy has always been a mean to an end to many, and looking good, living in a beautiful home, driving a cool vehicle and participating in the right activities has long been of utmost importance in a town where appearance has long trumped real content. Will this superficial lifestyle survive the current crisis? Hard to really tell, because hard times have not really hit yet as hard as they probably will, and for the moment, denial still remains the prevailing sentiment. Success and abundance have never derailed a practical approach and those who have espoused it are still going strong and are much more prepared to take the hard bumps and potholes the road ahead promises. In hindsight, being just “trendy” is never the long-lasting vehicle of choice...