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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Simplest answer: subtlety to the outside world.

The oldest money family I know — 5th Avenue penthouse, Hampton summer home, generations of New England boarding schools — might drive by in their 15 year old Jeep Grand Cherokee (but it’s immaculately clean inside), or go to an NYC restaurant in well-worn boat shoes and a generic polo shirt. The mom and dad might be flying first class to London but [b]they walk out to the street to hail a cab themselves to get to the airport. [/b]They occasionally hire a gardener at their weekend home but take pride in potting plants and pruning roses themselves.

Whereas my real estate agent who came from nothing but now makes a killing isn’t caught dead walking around New York in anything less than “horse-bit” loafers and branded belts, and takes black cars everywhere. And he wouldn’t dream of getting his hands in the dirt. He actually doesn’t care what plants are in the garden, as long as they’re “nice.”[/quote]

If they do this in NYC then they are very foolish because ride shares have gutted the cab industry and you cannot rely on a cab coming by in a timely manner. I feel like you are writing about some idealized family in your head, not an actual family that actually does this. In fact, I think much of what is written about “old money” families on DCUM is just some middle class fever dream of how they think the wealthy should behave. [/quote]

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