Anonymous wrote:I’ve been there a few times as a guest with old family friends and it is very nice. Nicer than other clubs I’ve been to by a wide margin. Also, when I was growing up and friends’ families belonged there it was a good source of activities and a social life for the kids and teens. So, that is the plus side. People there are extremely conservative, and as far as I could hear politics are constantly discussed, even on the tennis courts and ice rink. If you are even a moderate Republican, it would be awkward.

Anonymous wrote:this thread has been an interesting anthropological study for me. thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not surprised that people can have a home, international travel, etc and still have money for a country club. I am just shocked that you would spend $100k on a country club, of all things. Imagine all you could do with that money by scaling back just a tiiiiiny bit.

This. It's hard to even fathom anyone spending that kind of money so frivolously when some of us don't even have a house to live in.

It is their money and they can spend it how they wish. A few people have $50,000 watches, you can tell time just as well on a $1,000 watch, but it's their money and they can spend $100,000 on a watch, country club membership, whatever. Some people don't have a car and some people drive cars that cost more than $75,000. Again, it is their money. There is not obligation, moral or legal, for the very rich to buy a house or car for anyone else. There is a moral obligation to give to charity but no legal obligation.

Frankly, I enjoy seeing the very rich enjoying themselves as it gives me a better perspective on my own life. I can't have their life style but I like my life and I am happy.

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share current initiation + annual dues info, and whether the initiation fee is paid all at once or over several years, as a PP mentioned? We have friends who have offered to sponsor us, but we aren't comfortable asking and though we could afford the numbers I've seen referenced upthread, I'd like to have a more concrete idea before we start the process. Also, we are big tennis players, but not particularly interested in golf. Have heard there's no non-golf membership option. Can anyone confirm?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just wondering how the teachers at DD's private school, and some that live in quite modest houses, could possibly afford to be members of any of these clubs....and yet they are. I guess they are sponsored by students parents?

No...plenty of private school teachers previously had lucrative careers or they married well or they come from money. Very, very common.

Probably legacy

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Anonymous wrote:You also have to be racially and religiously 'appropriate', or no chance in hell of getting in.

You have to be invited. You sound like a social climber and you do not stand acsnowball's chance in Hell.

Anonymous wrote:At Chevy can a member be the main sponsor for two families simultaneously. Or just one family at a time

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Anonymous wrote:The initiation fee is closer to $125-$150K. My sister belongs to CCCC, they live in CC Village. They joined in maybe 2002 and I think the fee (though I have never asked or been given specifics) was about $100K. I thought you needed 25 letters of recommendation (but maybe it's 18) and they are from people that have been to YOUR house and you have been to theirs. Basically, you have to be in the CCCC social circles to get in.

I have never seen any African Americans at the pool and I don't know of any Jewish families there, either. It is pretty Waspy/Catholic. Lots of bigger families. I think most of the families fall in the income range of $300-$600K. Everyone else is probably upwards of that and not beneath $300K. I don't know what the yearly dues are but I wouldn't be surprised if they are $60-80K.

There is a no cell phone policy and I think it is nice when I am the pool. Sometimes I forget and no one yells at me, I just go out into the parking lot.

My husband makes $300,000 and we would never even consider joining a club like this. We have over million in savings but we would never consider dumping a tenth of it into a country club. The members must make more, come from money or be idiots to join if they are joining at $300,000.

Oh, lord. It is not about how much your husband makes or how much is on your bank statement. It is about having facilities that you enjoy using, like golf courses, tennis, bowling alleys. ice rink, a place to eat with your friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Why isn't Obama joining Chevy if it is so great?

He knows he might be blackballed by someone.

Can you imagine how embarrassing that would be for an ego like his? He'd never risk it getting out. Far better to just continue mooching.

He has joined Chevy Chase, CC. You’re a loser, PP. A huge loser.

I found PP’s comment distasteful, but I thought President Obama joined Columbia and not ChevyChase.

Obama joined Columbia, not CC.

While it is correct that Obama joined Columbia not Chevy I highly doubt it was because he thought he would be blackballed. The golf course is better at Columbia.

Agree. The golf course I have heard is better at Columbia and Congressional for sure obviously, as it has hosted the PGA. Have also heard burning tree has a beautiful course.

Anonymous wrote:I thought Obama joined Bethesda CC?