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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone understands we are about AU Park here, right?    in the pecking order of Washingtonian life, 44th and Davenport isn't the pinnacle of society.

I say this as a resident myself of the general area and as member of that very same stratum:  we're not at the top of the heap, or even #2-5, frankly. So these observations about "vacations" and "homes for entertaining" and "money -- with a willingness to spend it" sound ... sad and wannabe.    I mean, sure, compared to poor Relisha Rudd's family, the average two-earner Janney family with a sparking new family room addition is absolutely killing it.  ( Extra points for using HardiPlank and not vinyl on that incongruous addition.). But there's several more layers between these public school families and, I dunno, Society.   [/quote]

No-one is talking about Janney parents' place in DC society at large.  That's irrelevant to this conversation.  We're simply talking about the microcosm that is Janney elementary.  [/quote]

I understand that, but from reportage, it sounds as it some of the clique DO see themselves as really special and set apart. And more than one PP has described this group in inadvertent awestruck terms as if, again, the It girls possess specialness.  Compared to what?   AU park is one big homogenous party of similar red brick homes inhabited by adults with similar jobs, similar incomes, and similar cars.  I think they must see themselves ranking above their own set.  It's social dynamics 101[/quote]

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