KrowGyrl wrote:And what is Rhinebeck and why does it bear cache? >>>
Rhinebeck is about 90 min north of Manhattan on the Hudson River and has some of the grandest and largest estates from the late 19th century. Rockefeller homes are still located in Rhinebeck. People who live in Rhinebeck, some of them, take helicopters to work in Manhattan. At least they used to. Probably most still do because it's old money.
I just wrote response then accidentally deleted it with my pinky. One more once if I can:
I am geographically stupid. Cause I don care usually. Now this place you are telling me about.....no way any kinda miilieu I would respect or aspire to. Old Money is vintage Bentleys with perfectly veneered dashboards. This sounds like insular, necrotic, no eros, not a shred of crativity milieu with English period furniture and noblese oblige sensibilities I ABHOR.
NOT MY CUPPA. BORRRRRING. No STYLE.
I like CRIBS. Antithesis of Old Money everything. New money cliche ridden: the requisite granite countertops, the neo Mediterranean or pseudo Colonial homes, the Sub Z, the shark tank, the 52' plasma TVs, the jacuzzi, the pool table, the tricked out rides, the pneumatic everything. New Money Cliche.
And yet, whichever have not ghettos these once disenfranchised humans have clawed their way out of....and be the new money from Hip Hop or the NBA....I LIKE THESE PEOPLE. Most have passion, verve, smarts beyond streetsmarts, verve, and each has survived more real world challenges than any of those in those choppers.
They are interesting individuals. I like INTERESTING INDIVIDUALS.
So I ain impressed wit dis Rhineback place I only now learned about, sorry.
PS Wut is this work they do? Manage corrupt banks and lending institutions? Oversee the inherited portfolios of their peeps and the progency of their peeps Yawn.