Sure it is a fashionable jacket that you see a lot of people wear on the streets and subways of NYC/Boston that cost about $750-$1200 (a comparable Northface jacket would go for 1/3 or 1/2 of that price). It's a viral trend where the utility doesn't justify the price, but people blindly follow the trend as a status symbol. Newbury Street is the most famous/prominent downtown shopping district in Boston where yuppies and hipsters go to see people and be seen and hence, the jarring conclusion that you'd see as many Canada Goose jackets there as in the long hallways (Infinite Corridor) of MIT.
Sure it is a fashionable jacket that you see a lot of people wear on the streets and subways of NYC/Boston that cost about $750-$1200 (a comparable Northface jacket would go for 1/3 or 1/2 of that price). It's a viral trend where the utility doesn't justify the price, but people blindly follow the trend as a status symbol. Newbury Street is the most famous/prominent downtown shopping district in Boston where yuppies and hipsters go to see people and be seen and hence, the jarring conclusion that you'd see as many Canada Goose jackets there as in the long hallways (Infinite Corridor) of MIT.