Real State

We've all enjoyed the old TV show and movies called The Beverly Hillbillies. Not long after, another show called Moving On Up came along. While the two were based on nouveau riche themes, each took a different slant. The hillbillies struck oil, became rich and moved to up-scale Beverly Hills. Their re-location didn't change them. The Moving On Up family took on classy, or so they thought, digs but it took a young nephew  to keep them from the dangers of pride. These days, particularly in big cities this happens. Ordinary or common folk are selling their homes for exhorbitant prices and "moving on up". Or so they think. Most of them have some balance and find a place that fits their former lifestyle but a few foolishly throw in their new-gained lucky money to buy  high-end homes in "better" neighbourhoods where the truly rich abide in a social realm that is unknown to our new-found hillbillies. While new found bucks have purchasing power, this kind soon learns that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Not that there is anything wrong with a sow's ear.  These types soon find out they are the same as they were before with a bit more icing on top. Top of the roof, that is. It is sad to see this happening. Sometimes they drop their old friends thinking that NOW they have made it and there is a need to rise up and above and leave their former lives behind. And the illusion works for awhile. The part that doesn't work is that tragically they don't fit into their new sphere socially. No matter how fancy schmancy the surroundings, it simply doesn't change people. Often these naive sorts go out of their way to become part of their new environment but somehow they are out of sync. The result can be that they are soon found out and are patronized but not wholly  included. Many are disappointed and move back to their old neighbourhood realms where they don't have to try so desperately to keep up with the Joneses or the Kents down the block with all of their style, position and elan that is borne only of blue blood and not a thin coat of blue paint.