HHI for Country club membership?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Country clubs are for people who want to be around the rich and powerful but don’t know they left the club 20 years ago. 2022 power doesn’t sit in a dusty tennis court.

Depends on the course. Pine Valley, Augusta, and Seminole offers to play are scooped up by everyone from the best golfers to the biggest $. Jay Powell asks you to play CCC, you accept. Winged Foot, the Long Island courses that matter, they all have hitters playing them.

I dont think Augusta is a normal country club for locals to hang out. The town is a total dump and even the rich area is kind of second rate.

Last time I was there, there were like 25 G650s parkway at the airport. Pikers.

[Anonymous]

Not to post on an old thread but some of the responses here are priceless. I didn’t grow up in DC, have worked at GS, am doing just fine (not part of the Illuminati as somebody else suggested) and literally have never given a thought to any of the factors this thread turned into. I’m really really genuinely sad for anyone who thinks about power/prestige and country club in the same neuronal firing. Nothing more funny than anti-snob snobs. Whoever said that they take vacations AND have kids that eat chicken fingers by the pool was spot on. We joined because my girls like the pool, we have a group of friends that are there, and golf and tennis, it turns out, ain’t bad for your health and wellbeing. It also isn’t a central part of our life. We travel. We do “cultural” things. We also sit at home and order pizza. If you want to join a club, do it. If you have an axe to grind about clubs, that’s your viewpoint which is all well and good…and often entertaining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How much are country club memberships? I think that is the only question that needs to be asked.

It depends on the club. One near us is $100K to join and $1500 monthly use it/lose it. $15K to get on the 7 year wait list. We are very financially comfortable and have CC member money, but DH 'doesn't need to buy friends'. I can see his point, but we get invited to go all the time with various friends. DH never goes, but I enjoy it for the both of us.

Different poster. Our social membership costs around $2k/year counting our food minimums.

Like another poster said, it varies WILDLY. I am not worried about by kids ordering food by number, because at our club kids from all races and most socio-economic statuses can be members. My son’s fave Cc friend has a charter school teacher and an artist for parents.

So they probably have family money then and would be basically a higher socioeconomic status…It’s just they can “afford” to work in low-paying jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to post on an old thread but some of the responses here are priceless. I didn’t grow up in DC, have worked at GS, am doing just fine (not part of the Illuminati as somebody else suggested) and literally have never given a thought to any of the factors this thread turned into. I’m really really genuinely sad for anyone who thinks about power/prestige and country club in the same neuronal firing. Nothing more funny than anti-snob snobs. Whoever said that they take vacations AND have kids that eat chicken fingers by the pool was spot on. We joined because my girls like the pool, we have a group of friends that are there, and golf and tennis, it turns out, ain’t bad for your health and wellbeing. It also isn’t a central part of our life. We travel. We do “cultural” things. We also sit at home and order pizza. If you want to join a club, do it. If you have an axe to grind about clubs, that’s your viewpoint which is all well and good…and often entertaining.

+1

We joined the CC for the pool during COVID. I got in to golf last year and find it a fun way to spend a few hours, especially once you get to know people and find a group you like.

Initiation $4,000
Monthly dues $500, but we usually spend about $2,000 once you take in to account lessons, F&B, camps, etc. Winter the bills are obviously lower.

Not all CCs in the area are expensive. But we also live 2 hours from DC.

[Anonymous]

We joined once our HHI reached $1M. That was my threshold. DH would've joined much sooner as he's a golf fanatic. Initiation was $50k and dues are $1300. In the summer months our bills are around $4k with all the golf, kids clinics and pool meals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to post on an old thread but some of the responses here are priceless. I didn’t grow up in DC, have worked at GS, am doing just fine (not part of the Illuminati as somebody else suggested) and literally have never given a thought to any of the factors this thread turned into. I’m really really genuinely sad for anyone who thinks about power/prestige and country club in the same neuronal firing. Nothing more funny than anti-snob snobs. Whoever said that they take vacations AND have kids that eat chicken fingers by the pool was spot on. We joined because my girls like the pool, we have a group of friends that are there, and golf and tennis, it turns out, ain’t bad for your health and wellbeing. It also isn’t a central part of our life. We travel. We do “cultural” things. We also sit at home and order pizza. If you want to join a club, do it. If you have an axe to grind about clubs, that’s your viewpoint which is all well and good…and often entertaining.

Well you clearly had some big powerful point to make about country club members seeing as how you went searching for and found a two year old topic. So yes, you do think about these things a lot in your neural processes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We made 700k last year and haven't done it. My goal is to raise children who make it to adulthood without ever memorizing a member number to buy their chicken fingers poolside.

Ha ha ha ha ha! This says it all. +1

Then your goal is to be poor?

What? CC membership is how you spend money, nothing to do with wealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to post on an old thread but some of the responses here are priceless. I didn’t grow up in DC, have worked at GS, am doing just fine (not part of the Illuminati as somebody else suggested) and literally have never given a thought to any of the factors this thread turned into. I’m really really genuinely sad for anyone who thinks about power/prestige and country club in the same neuronal firing. Nothing more funny than anti-snob snobs. Whoever said that they take vacations AND have kids that eat chicken fingers by the pool was spot on. We joined because my girls like the pool, we have a group of friends that are there, and golf and tennis, it turns out, ain’t bad for your health and wellbeing. It also isn’t a central part of our life. We travel. We do “cultural” things. We also sit at home and order pizza. If you want to join a club, do it. If you have an axe to grind about clubs, that’s your viewpoint which is all well and good…and often entertaining.

Well you clearly had some big powerful point to make about country club members seeing as how you went searching for and found a two year old topic. So yes, you do think about these things a lot in your neural processes.

lol, don’t sell yourself short on the intelligence meter. Was browsing through a number of the forums. Long plane flights lead to a lot of boredom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to post on an old thread but some of the responses here are priceless. I didn’t grow up in DC, have worked at GS, am doing just fine (not part of the Illuminati as somebody else suggested) and literally have never given a thought to any of the factors this thread turned into. I’m really really genuinely sad for anyone who thinks about power/prestige and country club in the same neuronal firing. Nothing more funny than anti-snob snobs. Whoever said that they take vacations AND have kids that eat chicken fingers by the pool was spot on. We joined because my girls like the pool, we have a group of friends that are there, and golf and tennis, it turns out, ain’t bad for your health and wellbeing. It also isn’t a central part of our life. We travel. We do “cultural” things. We also sit at home and order pizza. If you want to join a club, do it. If you have an axe to grind about clubs, that’s your viewpoint which is all well and good…and often entertaining.

+1

Same thing. It’s by no means a social step up for us. We joined because our friends all belong and we have the kids in camps and swim teams and play tennis occasionally. We bring them to the pool a few times a week if we are around during the summer. I workout there a few days a week.

[Anonymous]

If your parents aren’t paying your fees, don’t join regardless of your HHI.

Country clubs are for lineages, not people with a certain HHI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your parents aren’t paying your fees, don’t join regardless of your HHI.

Country clubs are for lineages, not people with a certain HHI.

Ummm no. Sure there are some but most people's kids do not live where they grew up. It is really for people with a certain HHI.

[Anonymous]

Original thread bump poster here. It really is amazing how many people confirm my thought about entertaining anti-country club takes.

I grew up poor. Like really poor. Here’s a snapshot of one type of person that joined (me):
-non-lineage
-kids like pool and activities (and yes, chicken fingers occasionally)
-bad golfer but enjoy it
-significant other is a good golfer and enjoys it
-most fulfillment in life has nothing to do with country club
-go on vacations that may just pass the culture snob test
-go on vacations that definitely don’t
-have friends that belong to country club
-have friends that don’t
-have diverse friends that are
-have diverse friends that aren’t
-occasionally sit on rear end and do nothing of any value to anybody (and enjoy it!)

And that’s a wrap.