Palm Beach: Where the Gilded Age never ended
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- The first thing you should know about Palm Beach is that it's an island (unto itself) - the most exclusive town in America, and (according to writer Laurence Leamer) America's first "gated community." Mo Rocca takes a tour of the city that rose from Florida's tropical wilderness, which today features one of the richest commercial strips in America, and is home to Mar-a-Lago, the "Winter White House" resort of President Donald Trump.
Money cannot buy happiness but it can make you comfortable while you look for it. Being nice to everyone doesn't cost a dime and makes the world a better place.
Well said. You just described true "richness", which costs nothing. In the movie "It's a Wonderful Life", the Angel "Clarence" (Henry Travers) teaches "George" (James Stewart) that "no man is a failure who has friends"-- that is true wealth, and has nothing to do with money. Donald Trump charges his "friends" $ to use Mar-A-Lago. I prefer Donald Trump over Biden, but not in this regard. Trump can be rude and crass, but he believes in freedom, while Biden politely takes our rights away.
Jesus said is very hard for the rich to enter heaven. all look for true happiness
It's so funny how people generalize I know more hillbillies that scream out obscenities at red lights because they got cut off that have a 6 great education.
There are people like that at all social economic levels and for someone to say that about people of substantial weall of substantial wealth or lineage is so ignorant
Amen 🙌🙏✝️
If you're in Palm Beach and you think you're in Italy or Spain then you haven't been to Italy or Spain.
zyxwut321 Italy is made in America, Palm Beach is made in China...
I love Italy !!!!!
Lol so true
zyxwut321 amen to that
...and you wouldn't know the difference I guess!
My Uncle used to say, "If their sh** looks and smells like gold, then you may bow, but until then, no one is better than anyone else"
Well, comforting saying for us "pee-ons" to remember, er, ... until court.
Growing up in a city known for having more millionaires per square mile than elsewhere, I can tell y’all that money can’t buy class. There’s a difference between rich and wealthy.
Its grace that you can't purchase. Money helps you purchase it.
Yes! Blood lines. And culture. And I have both. I don't give a hoot about money. Never have. Rejected Foo Foo people when I was a little girl. We were not wealthy but employed 6 people 4 full time. Private school. Blah blah blah. My father told me that my friend who live in the baradero wasn't of my class and said he didn't want me going there. I always obeyed. But not this time. I defied him. And continued to go. And that's how it went. If you were as smart as I you qualified for friendship if you had money or if you didn't. And manners were and still are number one on my list. Poor ignorant or otherwise.
I've said this once and I'll say it again:
Generational wealth that comes from a great great grandpa who exploited workers in his big oil business or loan sharked to underprivileged people is just as bad (if not worse) than wealth accrued through "new money" means. It's not good to glorify one or the other, and so-called "grace" or "class" is always outclassed by people just being genuinely good people. I find that when wealthier people acknowledge these things and really understand their implications they tend to be p nice people to be around-- much preferred to the snobbery and disconnectedness that (sometimes, and not exclusively) comes from people of "old money" or the flashy overconsumption and bragging that (sometimes, and not exclusively) comes from people of "new money".
@@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS if you were as smart as i...explain what you mean by that ??
@@DM-su3sw I've said this once and I'll say it again:
TRUMP 2024
I got a job on Palm Beach island in a nice but casual restaurant. After just 3 days of doing nothing but learning who was who and what they ordered/who wanted to be spoken to and who didn't and whatnot, I had to quit. I couldn't believe the nerve of some of those people getting offended if the waitstaff didn't recognize them and know they wanted the seat next to the far left window and to bring their Americano exactly 3 min after they sit. 😷😷😷 Made me feel physically ill. I can't work for people who think every individual they encounter is below them, even if the money was pretty darn decent for a summer waitressing job!
Kaylin B you’re not alone. I had to quit a high paying job working for a millionaire because she was so far removed from reality, it was beyond dehumanizing the way she treated me.
The Nesbitt Experience .
not all rich are insane but it helps
Kaylin B .
that is a sign of childishness. children are cruel. the ones throwing a fit dont seem happy do they. if everything would get on your nerves youd be a nervous wreck.
i kinda feel sorry for them bcuz i can relate bcuz my immature idiot dad raised me with money which made me spoiled althou we were only middle class.
u got cussed by a mal raised and probably a depresed adult child which is likely decades behind in normal maturity development.
mature ppl dont behave that way.
I've had slightly similar experiences in Aventura , just south of Palm Beach. Wow, some of the old jewish ladies were completely living in a bubble for decades perched high up in their high rise condos over looking the ocean - Many of them often wanted to pay me dirt while wanting everything done immediately - they seemed to have no concept of time and that i had other things to do, get supplies etc.
They were so weird - yet i must be honest and say that once i got to speak to them for a few days they were often very nice kind people, just completely oblivious to how life works outside their high rise world of extreme wealth
RimeTime Yes! I had a similar experience! I worked at a pretty nice restaurant in Boca (once again, for a short time) that served a lot of Kosher food so we would get a lot of Jewish people. I had never been so overworked and under tipped. I even had a table of Jewish ladies that refused to be served by me because I myself, was not Jewish. But then again, I worked in accounting after that, in Delray, and my office had a lot of elderly Jewish clients and they were the sweetest people! Maybe the difference was that they were mostly snowbirds so they weren't from here, or maybe it was because I held a position that was probably considered more respectable.. Maybe I'll never know why! Florida, man...strange place! 😜
Don't envy them- in the end, it doesn't matter how much money has passed through your hands - it matters how much faith, hope, charity and love you held in your heart. Most rich people come up short.
Yes indeed
“We come into this world with nothing and we leave with nothing. Its all material, Fuel for the fire.“
Nah, they created a little paradise there. Most of the US is nowhere near this nice looking and any pockets that are are similarly made for wealthy people. The US is just like the rest of the Americas except Canada. The rich elite live in a completely different bubble and are so obscenely rich. Europe still has income inequality and classes but there is less of this level of separation besides Monaco and Monaco is tiny and cramped.
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that's the only wall trump should ever see
I’ve been living here for 3 months and really it’s like anywhere else; you have rich people who treat you like you’re trash and then you have people who have $$$$ but earned it and respect you as a human being. I love it here though mainly for the weather and it’s absolutely cheaper than anywhere on LI where I grew up lol
Interesting
No matter how rich a person is when Death 💀 comes calling all the money can not save them
What ever you said is true.. but until the time we die money plays a big role ..
Samuel Jaya prakash definitely dude .. but we cannot money rule our life it’s a good servant but a bad master.. family especially our own children makes you realise that money is not the most important thing in the world. Thank you for your message and good luck with your future.✨✨✨☘️☘️☘️🇬🇧☘️☘️☘️✨✨✨
Death tends to come sooner,when you don't have money.
@@sammyspoint1293 the golden rule is he or she with the gold rules...
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What they have doesn't impress me.
I live in a camper and I'm happy and love what God has given me!
I dont think it impresses anybody but their fellow multimillionaires and billionaires
That is wonderful and I respect you for that everybody has their own bars that they define their own success on and there is nothing at all wrong with that.
Money is a great distraction and insulator for some people, but we all meet the same fate.
lambchopxoxo spot on!!
Well until then I would rather live comfortably.
World House They live 20 years longer though.
Indeed
Sooner or later we all croak.
I recall driving down Worth Ave. some years ago on a Friday afternoon and noting that all the parking places were taken up by Rolls Royce limousines and Bentleys and the chauffeurs were standing around talking to each other and waiting for their rich mistresses to finish shopping at the chic boutiques that lined the street. It was January and all the wealthy winter residents were in town. It was quite a scene to see all these old ladies with their packages being carried to the car by their chauffeurs while they carried their little toy poodles.
Yawn
That is coming to an end.
Did you see the Howell's. I hear Thurston is usually hanging w/ Trump golfing. Lovee loves shopping.
I grew up on Palm Beach Island. Interesting place to grow up. I will say this, there are indeed alot of snobby, entitled, elitist types. But there are also a lot of fantastically creative and interesting people that call it home. I don't really think it makes sense to compare a 14 mile long island to the entire countries of Spain and Italy. Look, it is worth a visit because there is alot of Florida history and beautiful architecture to see there. A very unique place.
I grew up on Palm Beach too, at least in the latter half of my childhood. It's a very odd place to grow up, it felt like home but when i left it seemed so foreign and detached from the rest of anywhere really.
@@slothymango Sam Torres , can you go into a little bit more detail about what you mean
Lovely Mizner architecture. Met a couple of really fun random people. 😊
Gated communities produce people nobody cares to meet. When you're sheltered from suffering and pain and real need, you can't develop the compassion necessary to become a decent, authentic person. Palm Beach sounds like a horrible, destitute place full of zombies and pitiful souls. The entitled always think they know what's best. This means they actually know nothing (meaningful).
Dude...you should have paid better attention in grammar school!
What they mean by gated community is not literally gated. You can only access Palm Beach by crossing a bridge or by A1A. There are cameras everywhere so if you enter Palm Beach your license tag has been recorded. You can drive around to see the homes, many are so set back or have a large gate so you can't see. There is also a bike path along the Intercoastal anyone can use.
GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. IT IS A PARADISE,ON EARTH
Obviously, he was speaking metaphorically. Besides he's been there, it's not like he zapped in with magic. He drove like everyone else.
You can shop, dine, visit friends , go to the beach, take a run, do a workout, etc. Anything. I go there twice a week. Been here 40 yrs.
Yes and if you drive an old motor vehicle on the island, you will be pulled over for questioning as to your motives. I had two different temp jobs there years ago & couldn’t complete them fast enough! On the other hand, it was always fun to take out of state visitors there for a photo opp & a look see.
@@2011Ecstatic yes totally agree 💯! It seems to have gotten worse over the years, not including the security for President Trump!
That picture of Trump in a tennis outfit is hilarious! 😆
@trail riding like what, Trump never tripped? Lol🤣🤣🤣
I have the same sweater actually a couple of them I guess you could relate more if he were wearing fatigues that he bought at a cheap department store
In his clubs and residences it seems the only paintings are portraits of the Narcissist in Chief. And maybe a fake Monet.
@@terrypetty8556 God I wish he was back
@@jaymasterscrapper301 I wish he was rotting in prison, where he belongs.
71 and 34 ... a Palm Beach tradition ... amazing.
"When youre in Palm Beach you forget you're not in Italy" except you're surrounded by the worlds wealthiest creeps.
Billionaire: I can tell where you belong
Reporter: you can’t judge me from my shoes.
Tackiness increases with wealth. Money can't buy taste or class.
Divine Falcon that's a phrase used by old money for nouveau riches because they don't know hot to properly act, not for old money, and Palm Beach seems to be a place for old money, not the case of Los Angeles
MY UNCLES FRIEND LIVES IN PALM BEACH IN CONDO
LOTS OF SNOBS LIVE THERE TOO
Divine- there are tacky poor people and middle class people also! you are probably tacky !
Money is the yeast that multiplies the tackiness.
That is exactly how I see basketball players.
The pets of these people live better than people. Don't get me started....
Angela Saiza Starling... It sounds like there are a lot of animal lovers there. Good for them.
Angela, some morons think all you have to do to become as rich as these people is to work harder. Please forgive them; they are dimwits who haven't got a clue what is required to be as rich as these folks. If they did, they'd be doing it themselves instead of giving you stoopid advice. What will also be required is to reconfigure your concept of what is moral and ethical. And, to reconfigure your morals, I suspect it may be necessary to convince yourself that you are better and smarter than everyone who has less and that you deserve this lavish life. Can you do that?
I read your comment just as the Adams were walking their pet pig. Thank you! I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time!
then go help those you want to-- 'THESE PEOPLE" YOU SO snobbily refer to--- build hospitals, support charities , hire people, provide many anciliary businesses to thrive--- rich people provide a lot of value to someone somewhere to get the riches-- what do you provide other than your snide sanctimonious holier than thou contempt for someone else?
"it shows anything can happen in america"
Yeah if youre rich.
There can’t be equal outcomes for everyone.
@@msi8311 Because its not like Boomers had every advantage handed to them right?
Without people who are willing to invest in maintaining the great architectural gems, we would turn into a country with endless strip malls and nothing of value. Historic preservation is hugely important.
I can hardly wait to visit.The architecture , the shopping areas, beaches ,museums the Breakers.
lmao thats what 95% of the populated areas in teh US are
Reporter:"Sorry what we're their age differences?"
Guide lady: "71 and 31"
Reporter: "That's sorta a Palm Beach Tradition"
I spat out my cola drink 🤣
Yeah, well, wait 'til you're 71 and some punk tries to tell you that door is closed.
drink more corn syrup goy
I was a resident of Palm Beach in the 80's . A place unto itself!
I've been to the Breakers, which is amazing. I enjoy getting away from the cold NY winters and roaming a sprawling property in shorts. Leaving the resort and going into town, the people are hilarious. Go and sit at any restaurant bar, and you're quickly approached by one of three types of people... a realtor, a "surgically preserved" woman looking for a sugardaddy, or a young man looking for a sugardaddy. It can be amusing or annoying, depending on what mood you're in.
I lived and worked in Palm Beach for years. It is the only place in Florida that I would actually stay for winter months. The reason trump turned the Post estate into a club is that he was told he would never belong to an old social club in New England. Some of the same members of that club are members across the street at the Bath and Tennis. The Breakers was my drinking spot after hours. All the comforts and feel of home.
I love all the salacious 45th-hand gossipy accounts of unknowable motivations that everyone throws around about DJT as if they're a fly on the wall of his very mind. 🤣👌🏻
You can't buy class.
Marc Jackson. Yes it does .. back in the days, after a couple of generations, with the money they robbed or looted, the descendants can act like they have always had that money and people would believe it.
$200K is chump change for those people. It's not a big deal.
George Sealy I hate to say it but the richer they are in some cases the cheaper the tips and it’s harder to sell to them
Actually I’ve worked for someone in palm beach he was really cool and did love his travel to Nantucket Island 🌴
Honestly, for Trump he would be a fool not to raise prices with a waiting list. He isn't operating it for charitable purposes.
I'm sure it will drop now. People are leaving in droves.
@@lti134 that is why they are rich
To have just “ enough” and be free and unencumbered
of things is a great feeling, and you know your friends love you for being you
Soooo.... the Gilded Age appears to be when rich Americans were masquerading and pretending to be European Nobility but without the military or feudal significance or fame or lineage. And they even built big fairy tale palaces for themselves and wore tiaras in a desperate attempt to copy European princesses.
The architecture is beautiful, but it's also distinctly hammy and cheesy. I think we should preserve them because it's a very unique moment in time, but I am glad the art deco art movement came in the 20th century. Along side the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, Norman Rockwell art, and Edward Hopper and Grant Wood. It feels more serious and sensible art movement for the USA.
I worked in a Country Club in that Gilded Age tradition and it was so private and the sense of status was so silly and hammy. they were literally tacky American farmers, pretending to be aristocrats.
I Thought it was the gelded age and the rich took your balls if you were poor.
A tad judgemental.....
"Hammy and cheesy" Not surprising Trumps estate is there
I always got this feeling about America it was like a deliberate knock off of European Aristocracy minus the actual lineage as you mentioned. Even Mark twain if I am not mistaken commented on this phenomenon if im not mistaken. His comment however was directed towards the American south/Antebellum south and how The south literally made blacks the peasant class like they were in Europe. Its actually weird and sick.
In 60 years this area will be underwater.Funny how the ELITE pick places that will no longer be relevant as their safe harbor.
In the Winter , Palm Beach and South Florida are blessed with great weather , Palm Beach is very chill and Miami is very vibrant , Palm Beach is quiet and relaxing and the Breakers Hotel is perhaps one of the Best in the World for 5 Star amenities to those that like historic places . Henry Flagler's home is now a museum and worth a visit if you like history , its very memorable
these ppl dont seem very cool just rich and snobby.
FRIEND OF MY UNCLE LIVES IN A CONDO IN PALM BEACH
LOT OF OLD SNOBBY JERKS
These people are the opposite of cool.
It's far worse on Martha's Vineyard and California.
Duke Of Prunes Lol. You should have been around when John Lennon and Yoko purchased a estate in Pam beach.
That was a uproar!!!! Seeing that hippie walk around town and frequent shops and restaurants.
Visitor crazy man....
I live in a village in France and have been to Spain about 7 times (Valencia, Catalunya, Navarre, Basque Country, Madrid, La Mancha, Andalusia) and Italy around 4 times (Rome, Piedmont, Venice, and Lombardy). Palm Beach definitely looks more Mediterranean than other parts of Florida for sure. But, it looks a bit too clean and polished. It looks more like Monaco. I lived in downtown West Palm Beach too. They got some good ideas, but it felt snobby.
Ive been to Palm beach. I use to live in Naples, Fl. I dont like either place. But if you like the tropics and the beaches, you would love it. Many millionaires and billionaires in Naples too. I have been in a few of the mansions. My husband layed stone, marble, and brick in and on these homes for many years. They are very large and beautiful homes.
Damn, this is probably the definition of ignorant. These people may be educated and wealthy but they seem almost laughably disconnected from the rest of the world in their little paradise. They aren't bad people, they are just blinded by what they have.
monacos worse and far richer
Thaye arent bad. Their the reason people are dying all over the world and wars start...duh
Sadly they are voters..
You could describe any neighborhood that way. It's how the world works.
Dylan Hager
I remember Mara Largo back in the 1970s and there was a huge stucco wall all around the property and at the top of the wall we're broken bottles that have been glued down to prevent people from climbing over the wall lol. Things have really changed
I had a step grandfather who was Marjorie Merriweather Post audiologist and was in Mar-a-Lago many times.
Things haven’t really changed all that much. He’s still paranoid
For those of you that have never been there, it's a gorgious place with beautiful homes and of course excentric people.
Can those eccentric people tread water? Climate change knows no social status!
I absolutely love it when I was in college I bought my 1st pair of guccis there on worth Avenue
@@carlwilliams6977 That's all BS. The people that have bought into that BS don't realize that banks and insurance companies (without a question the two most financially conservative industries in the world) continue to lend and insure new developments in Miami and other seaside cities.
@@Live-Life-Freely Really LLF? Banks... the conservative organizations that brought you the crash of 08? 😂 Remember NINJA loans? If you don't, look them up!
Insurance policies can be cancelled on an annual basis. Sea level rise is happening faster than scientists predicted, but not fast enough to scare insurance companies.
On the other hand, there are several areas in the United States where IF you can obtain homeowner insurance, the premiums are double, because of the increased probability of wildfire.
Put on your water wings smart guy, or be prepared to live life freely in Atlantis!
@@carlwilliams6977 it's your life. You have the right to ignore the evidence and believe whatever you want.
My mother side of the family is from Palm Beach, my grandfather was the President of the Palm beach savings and loan on Worth Ave, my mother played tennis with the Kennedy's as a teen, and lived next to the man who was hired by Walt Disney to survey the land for Walt Disney World. Everything on the island is about money, you can be a billionaire nobody and everyone will know you, but without money your nothing to these people.
I've been there several times with people and I was treated greatly but I just really don't give a damn what people think of me I could care less, because they don't pay my bills I do.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that Palm Beach is separate from the rest of Florida or America, but Palm Beach is definitely the jewel of Palm Beach County. Palm Beach is not "gated". Anyone can go there. It's actually pretty laid-back. All these well to do people usually come into town during season or special events. A lot of the wealthy here are not as flashy as you might think. Usually the flashy people are the one's who don't live on Palm Beach. Palm Beach is "old money". Think of Revlon, Post Cereal, Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder and so on. The ultra wealthy. I lived in West Palm Beach for over 20 years and the island town of Palm Beach is without a doubt, one of the most beautiful places on earth. There is no other place like it. It has a rich history and beautiful architecture everywhere. Even the small cottages on Palm Beach are magnificent. You can stroll the shops of Worth Avenue and feel as if you are somewhere in europe. Palm Beach municipal beach is my favorite spot and Palm Beach has some wonderful restaurants. It gets busy there in "season", which is early fall to late spring. It's more quiet and enjoyable in the summer months for us locals. The Breakers Hotel and Whitehall (The home Flagler built for his wife), is a must see!
ToonieMama Palm Beach is Gated. You just don't see it. There all a bunch of Snobs. Treat everyone who serves them rudely. Not how it was in the past. Just because your rich does not mean your better. If something happens in Palm Beach the bridges come up and no one is allowed to enter. Your very mislead if you think it isn't . I lived In Palm Beach For Year's. I Never Treated Anyone Like it is Now. I'm not a Snob. Money doesn't Make a Person.
This is just a thinly disguised hit on Trump masquerading as a 'news report'.
OLD Money..? I don't think you understand the meaning of the phrase old money at all in terms of what it means in America... it certainly does not mean people who have had money for the past 100 or 125 years .
RetroGuy 76
Yes exactly, thank you so much for explaining that to this person here ... yes I cannot believe how they thought these people who created Palm Beach were considered old money when they were the ones who were showing off and being gaudy
If they treat servers rudely, then they are not better.
Now I admit I'd like to have a little more money than i have, but I hope I'd never get to the point the old man in the interview is. He has no clue. Such a sad old man with his instant assessment of whether people are wealthy enough to garner his interest.
I think you misread him. He wasn't giving his opinions. He was telling us how the people there think. It sounds to me that he thought it was pretty silly and ridiculous, as well.
@@CameronCourts But still quite in awe of it all..
Imo you're really rich in wealth and confidence when you can wear whatever the fck u want and people still know who you are.
how much is "just a little bit" you people on here are all such snobs and you don't even know it -- looking down your noses at people with money--- rich people sin no more than the poor
Chad Jones don’t worry honey he would give it all away for more time on God’s Earth 🌏
Oh my goodness! Talk about synchronicity! That moment when you think "hmmmm, those shoes?" at the exact same time Mr. Rocks says his line....priceless! 😁
I bet you weren't told about this story, I read the history on Palm Beach: Blacks were hired to tear through and clear all of the jungle to be able to put down Flagler's coming railroad tracks (in order to bring materials to build mansions etc.) The black workers and their families basically created a shanty town there. When the clearing was completed Flagler and his cronies threw a big carnival over on West Palm Beach for all of the workers and there families, with rides, elephants, hot dogs and cotton candy, how nice right? They brought these folks over on rafts. And once they were all over on W. Palm Beach, someone lit on fire the entire shantytown with all of their belongings with no way to get back over there and try to put it out or save any of their things. So the workers had nothing left and nowhere to go and now were also jobless. There lies some pretty nasty karma on Palm Beach.
Thanks for telling the TRUTH. Keep on telling it.
I was afraid this was going to be a video on MORTUARIES --- Say "hello" to the land of the living dead, is what they call these people if you live in Tampa?
I hope Italy doesn' t have that HUMIDITY they have in Florida ? Yipes, that'ld be terrible!
All I want to know is, who now lives at 420 Hibiscus Street, and do they call the Pig for short, " Mona," or "Lisa ?"
Hello West Palm Beach! have fun in all of that humidity next summer!!
My Aunt always said to "Never visit in the month of August unless you plan to stay indoors all summer!"
Lynda Faye Phillips
LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com, or
Yahoo when I get censored.
Must've hurt Rocco greatly to admit Trump ended discriminatory membership at Mar-a-Lago
Private clubs come in a variety of stripes. The ones whose membership is accomplished only by invitation being one type. These clubs place a high emphasis on people's social behavior. They are referred to as "exclusive" or "discriminatory" because people who lack the ability to treat others with kindness and respect, including the help, would not be invited to join.
The Mar A Lago Club is on the other end of the club world in that Money is the only requirement.
@@Stephen-bg8ol hahahaha that's not what he was talking about
Beautiful architecture. The Adams’ Family home is beautiful!
Especially cute little Cousin It.
It’s so funny because on the other side of the bridge that connect PB to the mainland is super ghetto
@Good Times Yup, gotta keep the animals nearby, but still out of sight.
That's where the labor comes from... Convenient. In nY the same with all rich towns...lmao
Riviera Beach is a bit dodgy, especially at night 🇬🇧
Yea but, upper middle class hipsters and rich people (people who are rich but, not enough for Palm Beach) have started gentrifying that area now.
Good Times lol
Fascinating architectural and historical tour.
Oh, the poor residents who live here! They’ve got it rough. What they need is another tax break.
The best we have is wasted on old wealth and their spoiled children.
Spoiled rich children help the system. They squander the money so it flows back into the economy!
the best? spoiled children? wow don't you sound like a hater. they earned their money--- and have a right to spend it as they choose. the rich build hospitals and contribute goods and services to our nation
@@annsmith3192 amen
@@annsmith3192 i'd build a hospital if i had the money and connections in the first place
I lived there the golden 1980's.The Reagan years. It was place to be. Season streched then from November to April. Now it is only few months. Love from Finland❤
I know a guy worth half a billion, he eats brown bag lunches, wears clothes from Target and drives an old Mercedes because he likes the old style controls. When high rollers are in town he's one of a small group of people they call to play in high or no limit poker games on the strip, but other than that you'd never know hes rich enough to buy and live anywhere in Palm Beach he just prefers his 30yr old 3bd stucco home
So what's he doing with all that money? It seems kinda silly to let it sit around collecting dust.
Cam C probably invested sped
Wow! How I'd like to be best friends with that chap!I also eat at home, drive a twenty seven year old PontiacSunbird and buy my clothes at Burlington and Dollar General.Ooops, maybe I shouldn't have written about where I shop.Target is a tad bit higher in price......
I don't think anyone should be proud to buy clothes from Target unless you're a toddler.
many of them are like that - to some extent--- many of the flashy ones-- are all hat and no cattle--- flashes in the pan
It's a strange rich place.
Devon A Yes it is. I moved to Boca Raton, FL in 1981 after graduating from college. I had never been exposed to such opulence, and of course, some snobbery that comes with it. I would occasionally go to Palm Beach, as my roommate-who looked like a young Isabella Rosellini- worked at Gucci. I also attended one Church service there. I loved the architecture, but knew that I wasn’t in the ‘Thurston Howell III’ set..
Drive a few blocks west and the streets are full of beggars.
Simple solution: Don't go West
yep like every town in America
Remember the story of Lazarus and the rich man.😉
Mo's tongue in cheek when he asks 'those' questions with a straight face they believe!
Love those tennys! Roaring and LOL!
You have to drive thru slums to get there.
Unless you take A1A.....
Fairy Lady Exactly. Unless you stay on Atlantic Avenue/Ocean Blvd driving north from Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, etc... lol.
No you don't the area isn't that bad, you have downtown Palm Beach and some blue collar neighborhoods, but no slums. Besides they're building a lot around there, the area is becoming more modern.
That's were the peasants live. 🤔
Yeah the Kravis center, city place, and palm beach Atlantic are really the slums. Once you get off I-95 those are the only things you drive past before the bridge to Palm Beach Island. If you think those are the slums, I’d invite you to get of 95 an exit or two north and drive down Palm Beach Lakes or 45th
Worth avenue is something else. It's beautiful.
Worth Ave used to have fantastic sales in the summer... back in the 80's.
Worth.
If I am fortunate enough to become a billionaire I would dress in regular cheap clothing, just to throw people off
It's much safer that way. My hubby is from Arkansas & has done business with Sam Walton whereas I am from Texas. He has repeatedly told me NOT to show "flash" (I ignore him) because it is a good way to get bopped on the head & robbed in a rural home.
@@aldenheterodyne2833 nice
You aren't billionaire material with that attitude.
I would do the same then wake up and realize nope I want to pretend like everyone else
My husband is a multimillionaire and dressed like a pig farmer.
The annual dues are worth it trust me and many members of Mara Lago are members of the Everglades Club as well. The Everglades is the "Old Guard" old money club. There are billionaires that can't even get in.
I have read all these posts bashing these people for having the blessings of being rich enough to live here..whether by inheritance or by their own self made riches ....these seemingly jealous haters bash these Palm Beachers for being hateful snobs...But, overlook the fact that they themselves are also being hateful snobs, just on a different monetary scale.....and I would bet dollars to donuts, that if these wealth bashers, were raised in the Billionaire bracket, they themselves would act no different than these Palm Beach people .....hating others for the blessings that are bestowed upon them is very sad and hypocritical....Acting as though you are better than someone else, runs both ways.....Be grateful for what you do have instead of what you don’t....a grateful attitude will attract more blessings into your life than jealousy and hate will.✌️💜💋
Very well said! I was thinking of the same thing while reading the comments! My dad lived in West Palm for over 40 years. I would visit most of the summers with him! He worked for a linen company and was always in Palm Beach! I would go the the beach there. My step mother would take me to Worth Ave. after dark when stores were closed. We would window shop and between a lot of shops there would be pathways to little gardens. They were beautiful! It is a beautiful place to see and visit! Been to Flagler museum many times and even rented bicycles to ride behind all the mansions, like the Kennedy’s home! The people that are wealthy have been blessed whether they know it or not! Good for them! I wish no one nothing but the very best life has to offer them!
why is this recommended. this is all materialistic crap.
raul aleman the recommendation is paired with your viewing choices
most powerful island in the world. These people make decisions that have dramatically effected your life. One should know who is ruling this country, it's not the average student loan saddled American. It's these people and their next gen. Just a way to tell us that we have no power.
It’s a material world
Gosh the homes are amazing but this level of rich makes me wanna send a mob in
You remember your not in the Mediterranean as soon as you step outside and the humidity nearly knocks you to the ground.
Absolutely fell in love with palm beach living in West palm.
Mo did a great job on this!
"you forget that you're not in Italy or Europe or Spain."
and what a terrible voice change on that dude.
Reading some of the comments of some who worked on this island and had to quit due to treatment, be comforted God has no respective person. God blesses those who treat all human beings with respect, dignity, and kindness. There is a judgment day.
true-- ive been treated badly by the clerks at hot dog stands too-- ive been treated rudely by cops too---
I have to admit, a lot of the architecture is nice and the history is interesting. That’s mostly what interests me.
Wow I love palm beach 😍 🏖️
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Palm Beach is very beautiful 🤩 ❤️
Palm Beach is beautiful! Visited in May. Thank you for the video!
Lol I live in west palm beach.. palm beach in 5 min over. Palm Beach isn't that serious tbh lmfao
Here we come Palm Beach......
Good OL Donald, shaking up the reptiles in their home swamp.
Stunning homes!!!😍
I think what they mean to say is it's for the nouveau riche, people who haven't had money for many generations and define their identity by it. Truly wealthy, classy, established people are never ostentatious. Most don't wear designer clothes or if they do choose plainer items and prefer well tailored traditional styles. They may have some fine things but typically seem embarrassed and define themselves as middle class. Look at titled British or the Queen. If you have to splash your money around and make a spectacle of it, you're not confident in your wealth and it's new, and likely insecure.
That’s a lie
I understand The point being made about new money however the queen and the titled British splashed their money around the world and took it over that’s not being embarrassed by your wealth that’s being a colonizer
@@heatherwilson1811 What he is saying is that if you just looked at the queen (on non state occasions) she just looks like a serious but pleasant older woman you might see in any store or at a bus stop. She isn’t dripping in furs or smothered in diamonds. She feels no needs to put her money on display, like the newly rich often do.
well damn being new money sounds like fun
I agree. I worked in a billionaire millionaire town. It was the newer quick made money and the handed down not worked for money that brought insecure elitist attitudes.
Those who worked for great wealth, inherited but worked for the wealth still and or were extremely talented were the most grounded, thoughtful, gracious and generous people. But being in Florida. So many are quick to worry about how much things cost and labels. It made no sense to me. Wealth is more than what you wear.
Reminded me of my “Flagler” past. If Flagler believed in exclusivity, no wonder I was waitlisted after applying to Flagler College for the spring semester, not fall years ago... I decided to go to UA instead to save money. I fell in love with the beautiful building that had been the Flagler Hotel in St. Augustine.
I almost went to Flagler! Beautiful.
pom or palm beach?
The very last sentence of this video is pure gold...all it says is the classic.."money talks and BS walks"..hilarious.
It is amazing that Mizner lacked formal university training, at the age of 22, Mizner served a 3-year apprenticeship (1894-1897) in the office of San Francisco architect Willis Jefferson Polk, eventually becoming a partner. Polk was only five years older than Addison and was not committed to any architectural style. "His [Mizner's] architectural training rivaled that of many in the profession of his day." . Mizner assembled an excellent library, which has survived and is today administered by the Palm Beach Historical Society, on Spanish and Spanish Colonial architecture.
Wow, mar a lago is absolutely beautiful
To value money over character is a very foolish choice, and clearly this permeates this and similar places- some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
And there are many more poor people that are middle class lower middle class or even upper middle class that can afford to wear their Gucci shoes and drive their 7 year old Bentley, they're called wanna bees
I met Mo Rocca or passed by him in NYC's subway - as we caught eyes walking by, he smiled v. nicely and mouthed "hi" with a lovely smile - nice to see he is down to earth and the same in front of and behind camera.
Never heard of him.
@@johnrogers9481 huh?- you're jealous of Mo rocca and feel the need to diss him? - seemed like a nice guy - obviously he's the interviewer here.
@@hamborger8546 You calm down girlie.
Went to Palm Beach in March of 1995. The most lifeless place I have ever seen. Not a single person to be seen anywhere.
Exactly. I have visited the place several times between 2003 and 2019. Nobody. A police car parked on the side of the road maybe. Eerie feeling. Extra high fences and you get a feeling that something bad is happening on the other side. Now we know bad things did happen ( Epstein et. al.)
Then you must not have visited Worth Ave, Royal Poinciana, Main Street, etc. It's also my surmise that you weren't invited to any of the parties. Tiffany's rooftop soirees and Mar-a-Lago balls are not empty. You just happen not to be there. Hint: your not life's protagonist.
With that New York nasal accent, I would definitely forget it was NOT Italy or anywhere in Europe.
I live in Royal Palm Beach. I’m about 12 miles away from Palm Beach. It has some charm but it’s not that impressive. It’s like an old, petrified museum. Anyone can drive around the island but there’s no life there. Visit the beach, go to a couple of historic sites, maybe a spa day ( or brunch at the Breakers), but other than that- there’s nothing there for you if you don’t already live there. I was underwhelmed the first time I took a self tour of the mansions. I’m sure all the excitement happens behind closed doors.
Oh this is so funny ... Lol , love his closing comment 😁
Oh ive been to that museum. We had a great time.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Plus Ultra- the official motto of Spain.
As someone who is chemically injured, disabled as a result and homeless because of it, it really kills me to see these people hoarding that much wealth while I go without everything. Can't even get disability payments but these fools have exotic sports cars, gold toilets, multiple million dollar homes etc.
They earned it.
They have the right to do whatever they want if you feel that it needs to be watered down more than the incredibly high taxes they pay on everything and all of the people they employ and pay taxes on them then maybe you need to go live where there's a socialistic society stick society that doesn't support this type of freedom
@@bertram46 yawn 🥱
@@Juggernaut-fg2up must be a victim. A democrate?
I was an alcoholic and I have no one to blame but myself and and I understand what I can control and what I can't and what I can't control I let go of.
@@bertram46 I'm not stupid enough to think any politicians aren't corrupt. You must be dumb enough to be a republican?
Correction...The Mar-a Lago Estate,which is featured at 5:39,does not translate as "Sea to Lake" as the reporter originally suggested in this short doc. The name Mar-a La-go could be more accurately translated as "Out of the Sea"-"Into the Lake"[of Fire!] which would be the most appropriate and accurate translation for the meaning of the name of that extravagant estate,which Mr. Trump so aptly refers to as his "Winter White House",in Palm Beach, Florida.
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It will all be underwater soon. Good by snobs
America: Where the Gilded Age never ended
I like the Vans Shoes!
What is going to become of it when the sea level rises another 3 feet?
What will that matter, in 12 years we will all be dead! AOC
I have been to Palm Beach several several times years ago and I absolutely fell in love with it that is one place I would definitely definitely love to retire to but it's not going to happen because I don't have the means to do so but I love it there absolutely.
Can we just talk about how bad that graphics package is? MYST 1993 looked a hundred times better than whatever that island at the beginning is!
JUST BEAUTIFUL ..WOW...WHAT A ''HOME'' ?
Mo Rocca. The only legitimate journalist from The Daily Show. The rest became movie stars that own homes in Palm Beach.
LOL sad but true.
How has this place not been destroyed by hurricanes and sea level rising?
Money doesn't buy richness of mind as Palm Beach's most prominent part-time resident proves.
William, what Trump did with Mara-a-Lago proves you wrong. It's time to get over the but hurt syndrome.
Richness of mind is different for any person, for one is the "Produce more than you spend" thought, for other is being humble, anyway, the class is for everyone that know etiquette
William is right and you all know it.
William is a loser liberal that needs to grow up.
As usual the libtards are jealous of Trump's massive success.
Love Mo Rocca! He’s gotten so gray!
You cant judge a book by its cover. There are many of very wealthy people. But the way they live you would never know it.
I feel sorry for these people
I don't.
Bonnie Robinson I don't either when their heads will be on pikes.
why?