And I think I see Thackeray's 'we MUST have this whatevertheheckitbe to maintain our social status' all around me in my suburban 'development' ( I live, and have for last 36 years, in the early 19th C farmhouse which made possible the habitations for the socially-conscious house-buyers. I (we) come from Old New England Stock--neighbors' shallow concerns are immaterial to us (largely).