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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh totally! 
Things that say class to me are as you say a lot of books, items from different cultures, furniture that is thoughtfully curated (doesn’t have to be expensive). Instruments for sure. Art, even if self made. Things that are unique.

Signs of the opposite to me are those puffy leather sofas, signs that say stuff like live laugh love, a lot of Raymour and Flanagan looking stuff, bad lighting, linoleum and anything ‘fake fancy’. Also [b]fake tree at holiday time screams no class[/b] [/quote]

Guess my mold allergies have doomed me to a low class life.  My trees are pretty to look at, though.[/quote]

PP and having an available physician who can diagnose, treat and prescribe meds for an ongoing or seasonal malady is a class thing - LMC and above. The fact that you have insurance and easy access to low cost med refills is a benefit available to LMC/working class and above.

There’s certainly a correlation between diagnoses/meds and higher income demographics.

So you could check medicine cabinets! Who has EpiPens/inhalers/CGM/an array of rx meds for ADHD/depression/anxiety and who has just otc meds only and maybe a few bottles of expired rx meds from a long ago ER visit.[/quote]

Why would someone need all those meds if they have money to spend on nutrition and wellness?[/quote]

Because they can afford to see the doctor for any little thing that comes up. And their doctors are more willing to prescribe for off label use and to do things like give diet pills, or in previous generations, Valium and Xanex.  Unlike poor people who only get care when they’re so sick they have to go to the ER. I’m really discouraged by how many people here don’t understand this.  [/quote]

That’s not a sign of class. Just a sign of being not-poor. The two are not the same. [/quote]

PP and I’ll concede this. However, a subtle way of determining class (and thus answering the original question posed: what are subtle determinants of class) would be having a diagnosis and easy access to an array of specialists.

Real life example: my wealthy (family surname fairly recognizable) SIL has made it her mission to contribute towards and publicize a medication and treatment and interventions that greatly improved the life of her DC. She’s amazing and because of her connections and knowledge, helped her own DC and anonymous current and cute patients. Her DC had regular appointments with specialists local and a flights away.

UMC families learn early that their DC have specific food allergies, asthma, learning disabilities and mental health challenges to name just a few and assemble meds and docs and organize a team approach. Often, this isn’t opening discussed, just quietly handled.

TL; DR version…the wealthier/higher classes label their DC earlier and line up support. No suffering or waiting it out or dependence upon ER or mental health crisis.[/quote]

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