Are Country Clubs all Middle Class People

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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.

This. I grew up in Chevy Chase but live in Va now. It’s pathetic how high class the WG people think they are.

[Anonymous]

LOL at "well bred".

And congrats OP on creating the click-baitiest click bait post on DCUM today! You win!

[Anonymous]

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

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Plenty of folks with swimming pools, personal tennis and paddle courts and several homes are members of country clubs. OP is ignorant to think she has a pool so poor middle class folks have to go to the CC pool! 😂🤣

[Anonymous]

Are you new money, OP? Old money types have understood since the dawn of time the appeal of belonging to private clubs. That belonging to the Sulgrave Club isnt just about the restaurant, or going to the best country club isn't just about getting to use the pool. Or that joining an eating club at Princeton isnt just about the food. Actually it's kind of sad and gauche you even need this explained.

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Wait! CCs MUST be "middle class". According to DCUM, only about 80 people in the DMV are rich enough to be considered UMC and only 12 are UC. 4 are rich.

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Unless you’re flying in a private jet OP you aren’t really wealthy.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like this troll needs to get a new line.

See 7/31/24 post at 22:10.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/60/1166419.page

[Anonymous]

This post (and hilariously, the one someone referenced) entirely miss the nuances of clubs. People who are truly wealthy have pools, tennis courts, vacation in Europe, AND belong to multiple clubs. And probably rarely use any of their amenities.

Hard to know if this is a kid or someone not adjacent to wealth at all, but it doesn't really matter. It's just bizarre.

Also, in the grand scheme of things, having a tennis court isn't all that unusual. I don't have one, or a pool or belong to a club, but I did graduate from a "top private"!

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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

OP, just so you know, this is public pool:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/facilities/aquaticcenters/martinlutherkingjr.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you new money, OP? Old money types have understood since the dawn of time the appeal of belonging to private clubs. That belonging to the Sulgrave Club isnt just about the restaurant, or going to the best country club isn't just about getting to use the pool. Or that joining an eating club at Princeton isnt just about the food. Actually it's kind of sad and gauche you even need this explained.

Pearls before swine. New money people simply don’t understand the finer things in life

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None are middle class. Middle class are just getting by.

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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

As the posters say -- you are quite off. No one middle class can afford a CC. At the higher end, the fees are 100k plus to join. That is not equity. It is gone when you give it to them so you have to be fine burning 100k. No middle class person can do that. Fees will then run you at least 1k a month. Plus CC's add things a lot. New fees and capital contributions, not yearly but every few years.

Really at most of these clubs people who are really UMC can't afford it unless they are frugal everywhere else. Could you do a CC at 350-400k? Yes. But 500k plus is probably what you need in income. That is not middle class or even UMC. Most people at cc's are closer to a million a year.

It could depend a lot on the area and what the people do. Most wealthy people that live here belong to a club here and a club where their second home is. So your experience is different. Playing tennis on your private court does not involve pros and playing against lots of other people which a lot of people like.

As for your billionaire kids --- yes it is likley that parents do belong. Not many that don't whether in Augusta, Palm Beach, or otherwise.

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Few extremely wealthy people can afford a golf course in their backyard. That’s why they join country clubs. If they don’t play golf they do their own thing. Most MC can’t afford the $100,000 initiation fees plus $15,000+ in dues before you step on the grounds.

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

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Chevy chase, no.

Fairfax or vienna? Yes.

[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.

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Chevy chase, no.

Fairfax or vienna? Yes.

Still not middle class. Might be umc. But I doubt it even there.