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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is gross. But for those wondering what a cave dweller is it’s basically the very wealthy non political (meaning not in government as a president, VP or cabinet member - mostly business men) in Washington DC in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And the exact people that those professing to be “old money” today on DCUM would call “new money” and social climbers. [/quote]

There is a Civil War connection too; families here before and during the Civil War, who retreated to their caves, socially speaking, after the side they rooted for lost.

"Many old families known as Cave Dwellers, who were here for the duration and not linked to any one administration, are still a fixture in Washington, and many of their forebears were Confederate sympathizers. The ring of forts built around the city was constructed as much to intimidate them as the Rebs, but no one in D.C. worries about Cave Dwellers defecting anymore."

https://gardenandgun.com/feature/the-southern-flair-of-washington-d-c/[/quote]

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