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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So...what does $600 a month buy you? Do you get unlimited access to the tennis courts, golf course, and pool? Food? Spa stuff? I obviously have no experience with country clubs. Even for the high salaries around here these initiation fees and monthly dues seem so high. Is it mostly about networking, or are the facilities of these places really that awesome? Do they all have restaurants? I guess all the people who go are pretty much rich, right? It's just a different world than the one I live in....[/quote] As a general rule, your monthly dues allow unlimited access to almost all facilities with the exception of golf which is an extra cost. Swimming pool, tennis and other facilities are usually included. Restaurants are on site, you pay for what you order and often there is a commitment to spend a certain amount per quarter (or month or year...) at the restaurant, pro shop, etc. I belong to Congressional and yes, the facilities are awesome. Are we rich? Yes by most of the US standards but probably lower upper or upper middle class by DC standards. My parents are wealthy and they are members, I grew up there and [b]my parents paid for each of us kids to be members (part of our wedding gift for each of us). Could I swing it on my own? Heck no... [/b]Do we use the club? Yes, we swim there a lot, neither DH or I are big golfers but we go out occasionally. We play a lot of tennis, and socialize. A lot of people that I grew up with are members and a lot of DC's classmates are members so it is part of our social life. Are the people pretty much rich? I never really thought about it but I suppose most are. Quite honestly, I enjoy our membership, I do use it but I also recognize that it can be construed as excessive. I'm really grateful to my parents, I don't think we could have swung it on our own.[/quote] So your parents are rich and you're not. Yawn. If you were old money you'd be at Chevy Chase anyway. [/quote] Not anymore. Chevy is all new money now. They will let in anyone if they are wealthy.[/quote] True. And you don't have to be wealthy, just able to pay the initiation fee and dues. There is no longer a wait at Congressional and Columbia. For Chevy, you get a summer membership immediately and it takes about two years (at most) for a full membership.[/quote]
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