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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a really stupid thread.  So far all we've learned is that rich, spoiled, sheltered kids in Upper NW and Montgomery County who grew up and went to school together tend to stick together.  How does that differentiate them from rich, spoiled, sheltered kids in any other suburb anywhere else?   [/quote]

This is 100% true in this town.

- A native[/quote]

Unlike other cities such as Boston and Baltimore, DC natives don't form closed off social circles.  Social mobility is purely based on money (or political power since it's usually monetized later)
That's not necessarily a virtuous thing: it's just more of a user culture.  If you can help me, you're in.  [/quote]

I think that's something a native would say. My family has old money, but we're not particularly wealthy anymore.  We are, however, well connected.  My dad never worked in politics, and my mom was a SAHM, and we had lots of powerful friends, just from old connections.

Given the crowd we ran with, and the fact that we were certainly upper-middle class (would have been upper class in most other cities), I can see that people could have looked at our group and thought it was all about money/power.  But that really had nothing to do with it.

It was all about shared history, that same social network.  In that regard, most of my friends (who are natives) agree that DC has a small-town feel.

But it's something that transplants, looking in, can never understand. [/quote]

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