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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Class and wealth are related but not the same thing.

You can grow up very low income and become UMC easily by accumulating and growing wealth. But no matter how much money you make, the transition to UC is a lot harder, even from UMC, because so much of it is cultural experience shared from birth on.

There is no obvious line, no obvious amount of wealth that makes one UC vs UMC. Because, like I said, culture (from birth) plays a role here.  It's kind of like what SCOTUS says about porn -- you just know it when you see it. I know UC v UMC people because my grandparents were UC. This applies to the US; I wouldn't have a clue elsewhere in the world. Because again -- it's cultural. [/quote]

So Elon Musk isn't upper class?[/quote]

We have a difference in this country between the rich tech bros, celebs, and athletes vs. the people who have had their family name on a building at a college campus since the 1960s, the people who sponsor the arts, the people named as ambassadors to various countries, and the people who have “foundations.” These two groups sometimes run in the same circles, to be sure. But NYC or Boston high society isn’t going to fully accept into their inner circles the successful hedge fund guy who grew up on Long Island with a teacher mom and an accountant dad and went to the local public or Catholic school. Even though that’s a perfectly acceptable, comfortable, nice, and dare I say UMC upbringing. [/quote]

Native Bostonian here. Does anyone really care about Boston high society?[/quote]

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