It’s an interesting article. However, as I read it and wonder, “Do these people really exist?” I recall that it’s entirely possible they do not. Anthropologists, like journalists, make things up all the time.
Yes, these people do exist. This is not the first story done on this small segment of society. These are the .1% of the socioeconomic part of our society. They are the billionaires wives. Their husbands work at Goldman Sachs down the street on Park Ave. However, they have chosen to live in the city as opposed to living in Darien, Westbrook, or Greenwich, CT.(I know someone who lives in Darien and works at GS on Park Ave.) These are people who make Millions/per year. Their children go to private schools.
Many of these wives met their husbands at some Ivy League University. Almost all of them came from money. They are not the new rich. They are the trust fund kids grown up. Their relatives are on the board of Princeton, Yale, etc. They are in the club.
Surprisingly, many are conservative. They value the fact that the mom and nanny(of course) raises their children.
There was a book/movie(The Nanny Diaries) about fifteen years back about a nanny to one of these families. The nanny took the children over to the West Side of the park(this is where the new rich and liberals live). The mom said:
“the children are not allowed to go to the West Side.”