social class is *such* a bubble in america that most people really fundamentally don't realize it exists. distinct cultures approach family, friends, relationships, careers, in hugely different and incompatible ways, all while living parallel to each other in the same cities

@GS05445168

Out of the ~ 20-30 couples I know reasonably well, only one is what you would call "inter-class". Son of plumber marrying daughter of oil company EVP.

They are having massive problems. 3-5% intermarriage means that the US has endogamous classes