Although the article I got inspiration for this post from isnt really written about specifically old and new money, but it does have a few similarities to The Great Gatsby. 'You Can't Go Home Again' is about the weakening of the conservative and republican stronghold, Orange County. Johnathan Durnham describes a typical scene in the O.C. where high school girls carry lattes and credit cards, and high end restaurants filled with high end people. This famous western county was born during the post-WWII boom of government funded defense projects and then the prosperity of California's hollywood and computer booms. Since then the O.C. has been considered new money, but how long can new money last? Eventually it is no longer 'new', and becomes part of the ranks of 'Old' Money. The O.C. is changing with new immigrants from the all around, attracted to such a famous social society. But inevitably the social class will change as well, and either whether the scene changes to 'old' money or loses its affluent will depend on how things play out. But it got me to thinking about if the society depicted in The Great Gatsby still remains, if it ever did, on 'East and West Egg' and how the money and society came to be in the first place.
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