This just in. ASPEN IS FULL OF SNOBS!

Its now official and scientific even, Aspen is full of snobs. For a full report we go to asain reporter Trisha Tokinawa. Just kidding please read on though, and for the full article follow the link.

Survey: Aspen is full of snobs
Abigail Eagye
August 9, 2006

ASPEN — The resort town has been overrun with surveys of late, and when it comes to development, opinions are many. But a recent poll by historic preservationist Les Holst might have yielded important insight: It appears Aspen is full of pretentious snobs.

“I think Aspen has always, in some people’s mind, had that image,” Mayor Helen Klanderud said. “That’s not new.”

Holst distributed the poll during a wine and food festival in June. Among other questions, the group asked, “What do you like least about Aspen?” Among the answers were:

• Snobs

• The handful of pretentious people

• Rich snobs

• Fakeness and social climbing — materialism vs. conservation

• The rich Californians

• Many snobby, pretentious people

• Too much money

• The prices

• Sometimes too elitist now with Prada, etc.

• Pretentious people

• Traffic, and rich people who feel entitled to special treatment

“Everything is a matter of opinion,” Klanderud said. “If that was their experience here, I’m very sorry to hear that. I hear many other comments on how friendly people are.”