Cultures & Showing Off

as captured in Drive by Photography

I took these yesterday. One in an area heavily Hispanic and the other in an area
that is heavily Asian. I tried to eat at a restaurant in the Hispanic area, but could not get served, and then was fawned over
at a restaurant in the Asian area. (That was very weird. It was a Korean restaurant where I ate Japanese food, while listening to Mexican music coming from the kitchen...)

I noticed these two celebrations. The Hispanics in the top photo are at a public park to take wedding day photos. The men are wearing Pachuco suits and hats (see Google images if you're curiosity is piqued). This is expense exuberance. There will be precious few occasions for them to wear these suits again. And they are in a public park to take these photos because the hall they could afford to rent isn't pretty. These are (a very educated guess) humble working people who are going all out (or as far out as they can go) to make this a very special day.

The second photo shows Koreans doing the same. Those are Ferraris lined up at the right, in orange and yellow. There's more money tied up in one of those cars than all the Hispanics in the top photo will see in the next ten years. Such exuberance.

Any guess as to who's happier? Content? Appreciative?

Nah, I don't know either.