> in communities that will be assumed to be poor, more obvious shows of wealth are more common. Your sentence made me think of a saying that we have in France

> in communities that will be assumed to be poor, more obvious shows of wealth are more common. Your sentence made me think of a saying that we have in France : Knowledge is like jam, the less you have, the more you spread it. (La culture c'est comme la confiture, au moins on en a, au plus on l'etale)