It would be an interesting sociological study, and the obvious best specimen would be EY grade school. There is the tribal identity theme, such as if you shovel sewage for a living, they will reject you for not doing so with a black hat, not for the nature of your work. Or you can be rejected for working at all. Then there is the fear of gashmius. I you are G-d forbid a foreigner, and you own sort an upscale dwelling, out you go. There was an infamous case of a Jerusalem BY that separated the children of Anglophone olim into closed class. This is a huge slap in the face to these people who feel no conflict between money and frumkeit, as most can manage the gashmius quite well. And there is also a parallel midos-sphere where the true currency is not money, (because there is none) but rather raw power.
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