The culture needs to accept risk taking and not cast aspersions on people that have a bankruptcy or other have other bi-products from taking risk.

This is a hybrid of psychological and cultural issues.

So many reasons why between weather, universities, jobs, culture etc...it is not going to go away.

My salary is decent for an engineer my age, flexible and I certainly don't hate going to work as I get to see things most people in this world won't- but I often find myself having real estate on the mind whenever I have free time at work, much like how other people like to surf sports and celebrity news sites.  

The US Coastal areas have multiple climates, topographies, cultures, etc. 

There is a culture trying to keep you on the edge for as long as possible.

I intentionally ignoring all posts about Amazon fulfillment center (except protests related things which shows Cleveland culture) in Cleveland.

This will be a time to share and celebrate our successes. 

These guys work hard, but are trades first and business people second.Dealing with them, at first, was a bit of a culture shock, coming from a banking and management consulting background.

According to Graham's profile page on the brokerage website where he worked, he sold over $125M worth of real estate, with several celebrity clients.