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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outwardly flashy social climbing types where people are sizing each other up for what they drive, where they live, etc [/quote]
People with real wealth don’t compete with social climbers. The climbers are in crab barrels with their own kind and they are hella tired. Will someone please grab them a glass of water?[/quote]

It depends.

People with inherited or generational wealth tend to be pretty low key about it.
They grew up around it and it's nothing special to them.
They did nothing to really earn it so they can't really be proud of it.

For the nouveau riche, they frequently worked hard or got extremely lucky or both and are living a significantly higher standard of living than they grew up with.  [/quote]

Agree with this. And I would put the "crab barrel" person in the second category. Comments like that suggest a lot of insecurity.

I grew up around wealth and have kids in three private schools mentioned here. In general I think the word "snobby" is very subjective and usually suggests that the person using it feels uncomfortable around wealth. I honestly don't feel like I hear it used very often. And in general I think people who act in a stereotypical "snobby" way are probably insecure themselves and trying to put on some sort of image. So please do not be intimidated by those people! Just avoid them in general. They are not better than you, obviously.

Every single private school has down to earth parents - find those people! Many of them will be extremely wealthy but you won't even know it. Those are the people to get to know. Money doesn't have to affect your personality.

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