Comment on How do wealthy people know if the people they meet are wealthy or not?

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Where I live in Germany, skiing is a middle class activity.

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  • markz@suppo.fi ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Finland, and same. Skiing during winter is about as normal as hiking during summer.

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  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve been seeing this year that the cost of a flight from the US to France, mountain ticket for a week in the Alps, and lodging there is cheaper than staying domestic and skiing/lodging in the Rockies for the same time. The majority of US residents would still have to fly to the Rockies anyway. I didn’t verify which exact mountains or level of lodging as I don’t know how, but, presumably, whatever is in the Alps is nicer than the Rockies offerings for the price.

    To clarify, skiing is accessible to middle class, but when it’s a personality, it’s a signal of being very comfortably middle class at the least.

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    • GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Living in a ski towns in the US is fucking wild. Either you work at the ski resort, work at the actually essential functions of the town like water and power, or you’re leaving for Cali or Dubai once the snow melts.

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  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That makes sense. For Europeans. For british and americans it’s the hallmark of upper class, as are pursuing sports like mountain biking or horse riding. When 2 or more people like that want you gone from a conversation, they’ll start talking about mountain biking or skiing together.

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    • DireTech@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Depends on where you live. Mountain biking and skiing are very middle class in Colorado and Utah.

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      • Lucelu2@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        In upstate NY too. Plus, there are lots of horse people here. They are just not racing horses usually.

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