Criteria for earning a high place on the list included median home price, median household income, percent of population with a college degree, private schools-per-capita, performing arts-per-capita, art galleries-per-capita, and the number of fast food restaurants.
My response? Sure, there are a fair number of snobs in Bethesda, but I don't think their behavior stems from any of the above criteria, with the exception of income.
"Second snobbiest in America?" No snobbier than the purveyors of these cheap, click-bait "Top 10" lists. Feel free to criticize the anti-social behavior of snobs you encounter in Bethesda any day of the week; the criticism is justified.
But to suggest the presence of the arts equals snobbery makes little sense, when you consider that the arts often flourish in areas less wealthy than Bethesda. H Street? Brooklyn?
"Fast food restaurants per capita (the more the better[)]?" Either Movoto needs to hire a copy editor, or this was off-base. Bethesda currently has only one stand-alone fast food restaurant, McDonald's on River Road. It has a McDonald's and a Chick-Fil-A in Westfield Montgomery Mall, as well, if you want to be technical. Ordinarily, fast food restaurants are not considered snobbish.
Speaking of off-base, Bethesda is not a "small city." It's a town.
Finally, Rockville made the list. Really? Unlike Bethesda, Rockville is actually a city. But it is not a pretentious place by any means.
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