The REAL Housewifes of Orange County

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Honestly, I think quite a few of the woman are "I used to live in the midwest and be totally podunk and now I'm overcompensating by trying to be uber-OC" types.

Ex: Pretty sure Gretchen is from MI.

Jeff was from Michigan and I believe his kids are here with their mother? It's a pretty ritzy part of town and the houses would pretty expensive. Not as elaborate as the west coast but comparable.

[KSUViolet06]

That's not what I mean.

I mean it more like in an "I'm a transplant and therefore I try too hard to fit into what I think an OC-er is supposed to be and look like" kind of way.

I know a lot of people who move out west and try too hard or move to NYC and try too hard to fit in and be "New York-y" (or at least what they think is New Yorky.)

Not meaning "Michigan is janky." Just that midwestern culture and OC culture are just different.