rants

I think you probably need everything to be well rounded, because money of course can give you access to do things which are more high class such as going to the opera and visiting museums in Europe, I think they are just saying that money is not enough. That if you just have money but are not cultured, you are not really high class. That high class people act refined and have different mannerisms, they know which fork to use and how to place them properly... Things like that...

I do think it's possible to be high class if you don't have a ton of money, but it's impossible to be high class if your really poor/destitute. For example some families have lost their fortunes, but they still mingle with the elite society crowd...

Sometimes I think you have to be born into it. Sometimes I am bored and I read this site called the NewYorkSocialDiary, and I think that most of the people there are high class and from "old money". If you are a millionaire it doesn't necessariy mean those people will accept you. They are very tightly knit and I think you have to be born into it or something. For example the "Mortimers" in the NY scene, to be honest I don't even know who they are or what their about but they are always in those society pages, and I guess Tinsley Mortimer is considered "high" on the social ladder in NY.