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Anonymous wrote:Homes in italy are incredibly cheap- probably cheaper than a couple years of country club membership tbh. So that's not really saying anything.

lol. Find me that cheap house somewhere on the seaside in one of the nicest parts of Italy, e.g. Sardinia, so that I can buy it.

Oh, there's plenty. Land in Italy is cheap cheap cheap

We are members at a country club. We have a seven figure income but not rich rich. We joined for our kids. They play tennis, golf and swim there. Many people we know have pools. Our club has events that we enjoy going to. I think of it like joining the neighborhood pool. We used to be members of a neighborhood pool and they didn’t serve food and drinks the the restrooms were gross.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on the club. Somewhere like Chevy Chase Club is old money. Washington Gold or Woodmont? Sure, definitely some middle calss people.

Isn't Washington Golf significantly more expensive than Chevy now? Like $115,000 entry fees from what I have heard? And the wait list is something like six years long? Hardly middle class to me

I don’t know but the members at Chevy are mostly lovely and well-bred and the members at WGCC are mostly the worst kind of strivers.

This. I grew up in Chevy Chase but live in Va now. It’s pathetic how high class the WG people think they are.

+1. At my workplace there are 10+ Washington Golf members and their conversations about it are cringe-worthy. I can count over ten times I've overheard/been there for long convos with our 20s/30s associates about initiation fees, the "who's who" of the membership, etc., and how the associates just HAVE to join in a few years. I'm a member of another local cc whose members would never, ever do that.

As far as I can tell, places like WG/Congo will take anyone who can afford them and is willing to wait a few years. But to answer OP, I don't consider any of these folks "middle class" -- they make >2-4m / year.

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the club. Somewhere like Chevy Chase Club is old money. Washington Gold or Woodmont? Sure, definitely some middle calss people.

Few true middle class can afford the Washington golf initial fees + monthly cost.

Definitely. The grasper Obama is in Burning Tree.

Anonymous wrote:DH and I are members of Congressional Country Club and have been for about twenty years. The quality of members has declined significantly during this time. Lots of new money millennial trash elbowing their way in and dirtying the otherwise upscale ambience with tattoos at the pool, strollers in the restaurants, and cans of bud light on the greens.

Might as well throw in the towel and just become members of Hidden Creek Country Club over in Reston at this rate.

That’s what happens when you let new money in. Congo has been lower class since it opened.

Lol at being impressed by having a pool or tennis court in the backyard. OP is definitely a troll and/or kid.

Anonymous wrote:Homes in italy are incredibly cheap- probably cheaper than a couple years of country club membership tbh. So that's not really saying anything.

lol. Find me that cheap house somewhere on the seaside in one of the nicest parts of Italy, e.g. Sardinia, so that I can buy it.

Anonymous wrote:DH and I are members of Congressional Country Club and have been for about twenty years. The quality of members has declined significantly during this time. Lots of new money millennial trash elbowing their way in and dirtying the otherwise upscale ambience with tattoos at the pool, strollers in the restaurants, and cans of bud light on the greens.

Might as well throw in the towel and just become members of Hidden Creek Country Club over in Reston at this rate.

My heart bleeds for you

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like this troll needs to get a new line.

See 7/31/24 post at 22:10.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/60/1166419.page

I don’t think OP is a troll, they are too emotionally invested.

My theory is that OP grew up rich but now doesn’t have the funds to join a CC.

Or perhaps they were bullied by the CC kids for playing soccer instead of golf.

Did you grow up in a suburb without many billionaires, like Ohio? Even in LA we have friends who are billionaires who are members of country clubs. They like community. They don’t live at the clubs, but they like them.

DH and I are members of Congressional Country Club and have been for about twenty years. The quality of members has declined significantly during this time. Lots of new money millennial trash elbowing their way in and dirtying the otherwise upscale ambience with tattoos at the pool, strollers in the restaurants, and cans of bud light on the greens.

Might as well throw in the towel and just become members of Hidden Creek Country Club over in Reston at this rate.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine country clubs are full of the worst kind of people. Like middle class wannabes desperate to be rich

I went to top private schools and barely any students were members of country clubs. Most of us had our own pools at home. We even had a kid with tennis courts at his house. My family spent the entire summer at our home in Italy. We didn’t need to drive out to a public pool at a country club

I also went to school with the children of literal billionaires and zero of them were members of country clubs

OP, just so you know, this is public pool:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/facilities/aquaticcenters/martinlutherkingjr.html

That pool looks like fun for kids. It’s not free either though.

Anonymous wrote:Most wealthy people I know DO belong to clubs. It’s a way to network and socialize. You also can avoid the masses.

Did you grow up around wealthy minorities who maybe didn’t have access to clubs?

Avoid the masses???? WTF. Some people are so weird. People who love their golf join country clubs.

Anonymous wrote:I imagine country clubs are full of the worst kind of people. Like middle class wannabes desperate to be rich

I went to top private schools and barely any students were members of country clubs. Most of us had our own pools at home. We even had a kid with tennis courts at his house. My family spent the entire summer at our home in Italy. We didn’t need to drive out to a public pool at a country club

I also went to school with the children of literal billionaires and zero of them were members of country clubs

CT and NYC? I think it is a DC thing