Alan, I just looked at a Nevada casino's app for casino credit. It REQUIRES the applicant list their income source. Get it yet? So you're just blowing some more of that California Flake smoke into the conversation....the same type of smoke when you attempt to claim Southern Californians are not credit-happy one-upmanship fanatics. And the more money you have, the more credit you need and find a way to get.
If I said that about people in Southern Texas, now you might be able to reasonably argue that. But in the dog-eat-dog/image-crazy/over-priced/over-taxed/illegal alien & minority-infested place you have to deal with? No chance in hell you can deny it with a straight face. Misplaced pride, yes. But reality is a very tough nut to crack.