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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.  [/quote]

Lots of the "old families" are gone from NYC. The money was split between too many descendants and they sold off the family homes to wealthy foreigners and developers. Their heirs scattered to the winds to FL, TX, CA, CT, the Cape, and Hudson Valley on a permanent basis. The "old families" can't even get into their legacy prep schools because their kids are competing with the kids of Asian, Eurasian, and Latin American billionaires who can write $1m checks for the development fund. The exclusive parts of Manhattan are so much more diverse than even 30 years ago. All the people I know in finance from the "old families" don't even keep a pied a terre in the city anymore, given the rise of nice corporate apartments and AirBnB.

Times have changed considerably. [/quote]

Well put. I’d still rather read about these families, where ever they live, than the cringe weddings they feature now. [b]Or so over the top “inclusive” and forced.[/b] It’s awful. [/quote]

What you don't seem to understand is that these "inclusive" couples are now the tastemakers, cultural, and financial elites in the City. That's why they are getting featured. The traditional elites ran away to elsewhere, aren't willing to work as hard, etc.

There's nothing interesting about a 4th generation lay-about living off the trust in Greenwich while they spend their days riding at the barn. And the foreign billionaire kids don't want their names splashed in the paper because it draws unnecessary attention. The paradigm has shifted.[/quote]

Eh this is only half-true. I know plenty of old school moneyed families with millennial children in top nyc and sf jobs (private equity and venture capital mostly, but also some tech) who are definitely still working hard. They’re not the 0.001% Bloomberg families, but their dads started their own funds and/or were CEOs of a respectable Fortune 500. They still went to all the right schools and have the right summer houses with very healthy trust funds and a $2m+ gifted down payment.

All of these couples were prime Vows material 1+ years ago. They’re still out there and doing quite well for themselves; nobody I know is riding horses all day, despite very considerable legs up in life. NYT just doesn’t care anymore. I guess I’m solidly neutral? I kinda enjoyed seeing the parents’ career paths.[/quote]

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