Are Country Clubs all Middle Class People

[Anonymous]

I imagine country clubs are full of the worst kind of people. Like middle class wannabes desperate to be rich

I went to top private schools and barely any students were members of country clubs. Most of us had our own pools at home. We even had a kid with tennis courts at his house. My family spent the entire summer at our home in Italy. We didn’t need to drive out to a public pool at a country club

I also went to school with the children of literal billionaires and zero of them were members of country clubs

[Anonymous]

Depends on the club. Somewhere like Chevy Chase Club is old money. Washington Gold or Woodmont? Sure, definitely some middle calss people.

[Anonymous]

Agreed. It depends on the club. I grew up wealthy. We had a pool at home, in our second home, and traveled for plenty of tropical vacations. We also belonged to a top country club because my father played golf and as kids we all learned to play golf in the club's summer programs. Country Clubs originally were about golf.

[Anonymous]

You sound like a worse type of person than the country club rich wannabe’s tbh (I’ve never been a CC member, have no use for one since I don’t golf).

[Anonymous]

In what world can middle class people afford initiation fees for a country club?

[Anonymous]

What are you talking about? To join a country club you need to pay the initiation fee, which can cost like 80-100k. Middle class people don’t have that money, let alone to pay the dues

Country clubs are for the UMC/upper class

[Anonymous]

Homes in italy are incredibly cheap- probably cheaper than a couple years of country club membership tbh. So that's not really saying anything.

[Anonymous]

Not in my experience. People seem to like them for golf, not swimming pools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I imagine country clubs are full of the worst kind of people. Like middle class wannabes desperate to be rich

I went to top private schools and barely any students were members of country clubs. Most of us had our own pools at home. We even had a kid with tennis courts at his house. My family spent the entire summer at our home in Italy. We didn’t need to drive out to a public pool at a country club

I also went to school with the children of literal billionaires and zero of them were members of country clubs

The pool at a country club is not public- that's exactly the point! You're sharing the pool with a handful of other similarly privileged kids, similar to sending your kids to a private school (but much more elite as there are no scholarship students). It's mostly empty except for the children and the wealthy moms lounging on the sunbeds and sipping chardonnay, and maybe some overseeing nannies. Ditto for if you want a tennis court or a golf time. No having to wait with the plebes

[Anonymous]

Most wealthy people I know DO belong to clubs. It’s a way to network and socialize. You also can avoid the masses.

Did you grow up around wealthy minorities who maybe didn’t have access to clubs?

[Anonymous]

This is 16 year old troll level.

OP, your field hockey practice starts in 30 minutes, go get ready.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the club. Somewhere like Chevy Chase Club is old money. Washington Gold or Woodmont? Sure, definitely some middle calss people.

Isn't Washington Golf significantly more expensive than Chevy now? Like $115,000 entry fees from what I have heard? And the wait list is something like six years long? Hardly middle class to me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is 16 year old troll level.

OP, your field hockey practice starts in 30 minutes, go get ready.

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Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is 16 year old troll level.

OP, your field hockey practice starts in 30 minutes, go get ready.

🤣

Exactly.

No, no, no, OP is 100% a lacrosse player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the club. Somewhere like Chevy Chase Club is old money. Washington Gold or Woodmont? Sure, definitely some middle calss people.

Isn't Washington Golf significantly more expensive than Chevy now? Like $115,000 entry fees from what I have heard? And the wait list is something like six years long? Hardly middle class to me

I don’t know but the members at Chevy are mostly lovely and well-bred and the members at WGCC are mostly the worst kind of strivers.