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Anonymous wrote:Number of piercings (fewer is better)
Number of tattoos (same criteria as above)
No smoking
How thin the person is
Where they went to school in k-12

In many cultures being thin is considered poor - no food to eat.
Sporting an an ample, well fed belly and a double chin means
you are from the leisurely class.

Not in America, home of beer guts and fat slobs who shop in pajamas.

Someone who owns a 50+ year old sporty car (like a Jag or Mercedes convertible) they keep in perfect condition at their country home is likely rich.

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Anonymous wrote:Number of piercings (fewer is better)
Number of tattoos (same criteria as above)
No smoking
How thin the person is
Where they went to school in k-12

+1

Tattoos & piercings are very low class. Don't care how much money they have, i do not want them as my neighbors.

Ha! Becoming old is going to be very rough for you. These days young people of any class background get tattoos and you can’t do anything about them moving next to you. They still comin’.

Yes, we can spot trashy new money from a mile away.

You’re delusional. Truly, everyone gets tattoos these days. Now I’m not taking this personally. I’m a millennial with none. But other than religious and foreign born friends, I really hardly know anyone without one. No matter how old or new their money.

No one in my friend group has a tattoo... Born and raised in Bethesda

Anonymous wrote:New money rich:

- thin and attractive with a tastefully done spray tan all year long.
- straight and whitened teeth and good cosmetic work
- good hair. Expensive highlights and cut
- expensive designer clothes. Tasteful but you know they’re expensive. Designer purses and watches a must!
- fancy private school
- nice well decorated house in a desirable zip code
- international travel at fancy resorts
- competitive personality

None of this pertains to the truly wealthy people I know, only the poseurs. The bolded is laughable.

No one with money and class has a spray tan - GTFOH. It is easily the same "bracket" as having a/some tatoo/s.
It's 2023 - I don't know anyone under age 65 who wears a watch or who carries a purse.
The wealthy people I know have minimally designed homes - not matchy matchy clutter.
Successful people don't have to compete, and strivers think they have to compete.

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Anonymous wrote:Indian Americans.

They live below their means but most are rich. Even the poors have enough to pay for kids college, big fat 100K weddings, retirement, paid off home, kid's first car etc.

How do they do it?

B/c they have no retirement and expect their kids to pay for their life past 60. They aren't rich.

This. Horrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Number of piercings (fewer is better)
Number of tattoos (same criteria as above)
No smoking
How thin the person is
Where they went to school in k-12

+1

Tattoos & piercings are very low class. Don't care how much money they have, i do not want them as my neighbors.

Ha! Becoming old is going to be very rough for you. These days young people of any class background get tattoos and you can’t do anything about them moving next to you. They still comin’.

Yes, we can spot trashy new money from a mile away.

You’re delusional. Truly, everyone gets tattoos these days. Now I’m not taking this personally. I’m a millennial with none. But other than religious and foreign born friends, I really hardly know anyone without one. No matter how old or new their money.

You are running in a different bubble circle. No one in my social circle or extended family have these. Wasp here so maybe that matters. Lol

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Number of piercings (fewer is better)
Number of tattoos (same criteria as above)
No smoking
How thin the person is
Where they went to school in k-12

In many cultures being thin is considered poor - no food to eat.
Sporting an an ample, well fed belly and a double chin means
you are from the leisurely class.

Not in America. I think op is asking about America not some far flung country.

Anonymous wrote:Manners—especially when you encounter teenage boys from wealthy families. I can’t say how they behave unsupervised, however…

Unsupervised they act like prince Harry.😀

Anonymous wrote:Women's handbag .

Lol. Worth millions but I carry an lol bean tote bag.

Anonymous wrote:I always love the distinction between "new money" and "old money" on here. Like, you aren't the Earl of Palisades! Anyway, I'm the great-grand kid of rich people, and I have tattoos.

BUT I'd go with spending the summer on Martha's Vineyard or in the Hamptons or whatever for superficial rich vibes.

It's funny. We have one friend who is absolutely old money, like inherited a multi-generational trust fund from old European aristocracy, kind of old money. And I absolutely guarantee that none of these class-obsessed freaks on this board would recognize her as being wealthy, let alone old money.

New money rich:

- thin and attractive with a tastefully done spray tan all year long.
- straight and whitened teeth and good cosmetic work
- good hair. Expensive highlights and cut
- expensive designer clothes. Tasteful but you know they’re expensive. Designer purses and watches a must!
- fancy private school
- nice well decorated house in a desirable zip code
- international travel at fancy resorts
- competitive personality

Seeing them at the front and center of fundraisers for big causes

Not complaining about the cost of things unless it's to politely agree with others doing so

I always love the distinction between "new money" and "old money" on here. Like, you aren't the Earl of Palisades! Anyway, I'm the great-grand kid of rich people, and I have tattoos.

BUT I'd go with spending the summer on Martha's Vineyard or in the Hamptons or whatever for superficial rich vibes.

Anonymous wrote:Clothing. One family we know almost exclusively wear Vineyard Vines and Ralph Lauren clothing. They literally look like they are dressing for a photoshoot all the time.

This is UMC striver wear. Not upper class.