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What did it mainly consist of then? I'd always heard of Bronxville being a very WASPy "Episcopal" village.
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Originally Posted by nei
People seem to assume rich suburb is WASP.
There's definitely a big difference. So far the Gold Coast of Fairfield County, CT is taking the cake with debate over certain areas of Westchester and Nassau. New Jersey is almost out of the running completely.
There are WASP enclaves. See my original reply. You need to find cities that were always affluent, but tended to still hold heavy religious segregation.
Locust Valley? I know Sands Point is what East Egg from Great Gatsby was focused on, but I don't know if WASPiness still rings true today. Are Greenwich and New Canaan considered suburbs of NYC? They're rich I don't know if they're WASPy.
Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, The Brookvilles, Center Island, Garden City, Manhassett. Lattingtown.
They are still there.
Look at the clubs, schools and churches that are still bastions of old WASP money. Greenvale School, Portlege, East Woods private schools.
Clubs - Piping Rock, Sweanaka Corinthian, The Creek.
Churches - St. John's of Lattingtown, Christ Episcopal, Oyster Bay, Manhasset Congregational Church, the Dutch Reformed Church on Ryefield Road. Locust Valley.
There is still an old guard WASP presence on Long Island, at least.
Growing up in Oyster Bay, I attended public school. Two of my friends (who could have attended private schools) had "coming out parties". I'd say Oyster Bay of the 60s 70s and 80s was at least 1/3 rd WASP (I'm a white Protestant, but WASP conveys something entirely different to me.)
Now my guess is that it's more like a 1/4. Not because they have moved, though.
Others have moved in. They are still there.
Restrictive covenants in places such as Garden City, effectively kept out non-Christians for years. The North Shore LIRR service was infamously kept slow and inefficient to restrict "new money ethnics" from wanting to relocate to those North Shore hamlets.
Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, The Brookvilles, Center Island, Garden City, Manhassett. Lattingtown.
They are still there.
Look at the clubs, schools and churches that are still bastions of old WASP money. Greenvale School, Portlege, East Woods private schools.
Clubs - Piping Rock, Sweanaka Corinthian, The Creek.
Churches - St. John's of Lattingtown, Christ Episcopal, Oyster Bay, Manhasset Congregational Church, the Dutch Reformed Church on Ryefield Road. Locust Valley.
There is still an old guard WASP presence on Long Island, at least.
Growing up in Oyster Bay, I attended public school. Two of my friends (who could have attended private schools) had "coming out parties". I'd say Oyster Bay of the 60s 70s and 80s was at least 1/3 rd WASP (I'm a white Protestant, but WASP conveys something entirely different to me.)
Now my guess is that it's more like a 1/4. Not because they have moved, though.
Others have moved in. They are still there.
Restrictive covenants in places such as Garden City, effectively kept out non-Christians for years. The North Shore LIRR service was infamously kept slow and inefficient to restrict "new money ethnics" from wanting to relocate to those North Shore hamlets.
I have never seen a wasp, or may have but just did not know.
Are wasps the royal family equivalent class in the US? Do they inbreed only? How to identify wasps? any special features/looks/attires? In a way, orthodox/hasidic jews do us a favor by wearing distinctive clothes.
WASP= Old Money. Fieldston area of Riverdale used to be a wasp area many years ago.
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