What's Classy If You're Rich But Trashy If You're Poor?
Saw this on reddit, wondering what this site's take on it was.
I'll start:
-being bilingual
-hunting
-doing drugs/alcohol
-having lots of kids
-NYC
The poor people who work in Manhattan don't live in Manhattan.
Yes but there are 4 other boroughs though
And all of those other boroughs are ridiculously expensive too. The poor in NYC literally have nothing because “the rent is so damn high”
And all of those other boroughs are ridiculously expensive too. The poor in NYC literally have nothing because “the rent is so damn high”
And all of those other boroughs are ridiculously expensive too. The poor in NYC literally have nothing because “the rent is so damn high”
And all of those other boroughs are ridiculously expensive too. The poor in NYC literally have nothing because “the rent is so damn high”
There's more to Manhattan than the spots people in wso live in. You'll find plenty of poor/working class people living in Manhattan, especially north of 100th st and in the lower east side (close to the east river), where there's a lot of public housing.
drinking hard liquor neat
Passport babies / birth tourism.
I’ve never thought of wealthy HK Chinese using Canada for birth tourism as “classy” by virtue of their wealth, for example.
There’s a good reason Vancouver is known as the “most Asian city” outside of Asia.
Being a college dropout (or not attending college in the first place)
This is a good one.
wait.... this is classy if you're rich?? :o
Smoking
Being a founder/create your own startup
For wealthy, connected people starting their own business is a choice, and it's a perfect one at it. Their family net worth and network will make that company work.
If you are poor, you are (often) starting your own business because you are struggling and can't make ends meet. It's much harder to get funding and you don't know anyone.
High rise apartments
Escort / hooker
In what world is being bilingual trashy?
I think it refers to the stereotype that we White, wealthy folks are being portrayed as privately educated, well-traveled and with frequent summers in France and other parts of Europe (where we learn other languages as a choice, due to expensive education, travel and their network or years lived abroad as an expat).
While minorities only speak English and other languages because they have an immigrant background (i.e. their parents speak a different language at home), along with other stereotypical behavior.
I disagree with these stereotypes, of course, as any race or ethnicity can be wealthy/posh.
Who's we ??
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Some people would consider speaking German/Italian/English really cool and cultured, but Hindi/Gujarati/Telugu trashy. I don't necessarily view it that way, but I think if you asked 10 random *white* Americans "which combo is 'cooler' or 'more cultured'?" or better yet, "which combo they would prefer for themselves?", I'm pretty sure 9/10 of them would say the european languages
That isn't about class at that point - you're just stating a case of racism/eurocentrism.
Taking money from the government
This is a good one. 😂
-Unemployment: “finding yourself” vs struggling to get by
-Driving an old car: doing it for the aesthetic vs doing it because you can’t afford anything else
-Equestrian: dressage / polo vs rodeoing Addiction: Benzos vs meth
-The south: old money vs trailer trash
-Gardening: sustainability / health vs because it’s cheap
-Not paying taxes: you have a good accountant vs you’re poor
-Voting republican: you’re rich and want to preserve wealth / reduce taxes vs you’re a redneck
-Tattoos: interesting body art from around the world vs tramp stamps
A lot of these are spot on, but I disagree with tattoos. I just see it as something that a punk/rebellious daughter from a rich family would do, not exactly classy even for someone like that
I agree, rich rebellious girls do it to be edgy and ~artsy~ but doesn't make it classy
meeeeee
It is kind of wild how some of yall think.
driving an old 25 year old mercedes or bmw
- Being tall as a woman (brutish barbarian vs sophisticated runway model)
- Not trying in school (Inner city hoodlum with a 2.2 GPA and going to CUNY/SUNY vs WASP signet ring golden boy with perfect upbringing who still got into Oxbridge/WHYP due to legacy/donations despite a 2.2 GPA at Deerfield/Andover/Exeter/Eton/Westminster)
- Being tan (doing manual labour for a living vs summering in st tropez/SoF/hamptons/nantucket)
- Thrifting (broke peasant vs trust fund West Village/SoHo/Tribeca WASP influencer girly LARPing as a peasant)
- Wearing flashy jewelry (new money from the third world or rappers/drug dealers/scammers with iced out chains vs 5'11 WASP model wearing her great great great grandmother's $700K diamond necklace sourced from a colonial mining outpost in Sierra Leone)
- Being in shape (jacked redneck from being a carpenter since the age of 16 or roided out thugs who just got out of prison vs 6'5 WASP model at Equinox getting in shape for NYFW)
- Being unhealthily skinny (malnourished third worlders or peons on food stamps vs 5'11 WASP runway models on the ozempic and coke zero diet)
- Being in high finance (lower middle class nerd striving to change their family's socioeconomic status vs blue-blooded WASP aristocrat begrudgingly yet honorably going to PJT/CVP as to not tarnish their family's legacy despite having a trust fund and the ability to spend their 20s doing ketamine/coke in LA/Miami/Mykonos/Ibiza on their yacht surrounded by 19yo models)
Oxbridge has legacy/donation–admits??
it doesn't, he is talking out of his ass (as per)
I was under the impression that Oxbridge didn’t have any chronic unspoken legacy admission pipelines.
Living.
Buying "Luxury" cars
Just about everything
Seems to be where this thread is going
might as well as rename the title to "whats classy if rich attractive white people do it but trashy if lower income immigrants copy them"
Having an affair
Incest
LOL, good one
I'll add -- not taking care of your kids (dead beats / trash vs boarding schools)
Luxury good generally, logos splattered all over a purse or shirt versus no or very subtle branding that only people in the know get
Wearing suits: poor pimp/nightclub owner or rich investment banker
This is true, its basically either customer service or white shoe banking/law left in suits
Driving a used Mercedes sedan
Borrowing money to buy things
Going to rehab.
I've been to rehab quite a few times, starting at age 18. It is a crazy place. Expensive as hell too.
Living in Florida
This is never considered classy
Yea, especially those low class trash who live on Fisher and Star Island.
If you are in Manhattan now I would argue that living in Manhattan is more trashy than classy these days.
Receiving tax payer’s money / dodging tax
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