The article explores the challenges of discussing generational wealth in New York City, a place where such financial advantages are pervasive yet rarely acknowledged. Despite a significant search for individuals willing to candidly share their experiences with inherited wealth, the authors faced widespread avoidance and discomfort, revealing it as a societal taboo. The featured personalities span various backgrounds, sharing personal stories and reflecting on their complex relationships with money, privilege, and their class status in a city marked by economic extremes.
Spending your parents' money, we realized, may be the very last taboo in polite society.
Several admitted they weren't even sure how to label their own class status in a city of extreme wealth.
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