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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (176394)	8/31/2001 12:20:55 PM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

There is certainly some of the class consciousness. I would not call it big, at least not now a days. Certainly in the past. I would say when I grew up, being from Brookline, except for the fact I attended South Hills Catholic High School, dating someone from Upper St. Clair for instance would not have been realistic. Much more homogenized now. However it is worth noting that some of the oldest money in the country lives here. Be it called Frick, Heinz, Hillman, Schenley, Carnegie. At the turn of the century, the area was second in wealth only to NYC. A trip through Shadyside reveals some impressive 19th Century mansions. My mother in law works at a place called The Pittsburgh Golf Club. Most of the old money belongs there. No golf course, just a blue blood social club with a 4 star restaurant swimming pool and tennis courts. She is the controller there and she knows most of them. Most are very unassuming. For instance, Elsie Hillman got tossed from a Talbots once. She was dressed in her gardening clothes and they tossed her because they thought she was a bum. If it were me, I would have bought the place for the pleasure of firing everybody. She just went some place else and never made a fuss over it, (other than a few jokes at the club). out for now. Have a good one.