As someone who grew up around hippies, the grunge era, punks, etc ... I find the general public has become very demanding about someone's general appearance to

As someone who grew up around hippies, the grunge era, punks, etc ... I find the general public has become very demanding about someone's general appearance to the point the can become subtly hostile towards you. Be clean shaven, have ironed clothes and clean shoes. If you carry a backpack it better look new and clean and you can't carry around a lot of stuff in it either. It's almost an authoritarian style of behavior. Its very much a subtle thing too. Pass someone while walking in a downtown area and they will make it known if you look poor. Keeping up appearances is expensive for sure.