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- Old money. What is it and where can we find it?
Well, in the United States, it refers to an elite class of individuals for whom money has been in the family for generations. For some, it could go as far back as the colonial days of America. For others, perhaps only 100 years. Generally, it is those who come with at least four generations of inherited wealth, together with high social status.
As the South played major roles in America’s history, one can expect it to be no stranger to old money.
Today, we’re diving into those upscale communities scattered throughout the Southern states that may not necessarily be the richest in the nation. However, when you come across them, you certainly pick up old money vibes.
Our tour will take you down the Mississippi, along the eastern coast, and to some random spots we bet you didn’t even know about down. And yes, we are going to talk about how these locations accumulated their wealth in the past.
So without further delay, here are the top 10 old money communities in the south.
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TOP 10 OLD MONEY COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH
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Macon, GA. Macon is a treasure trove of old money mansions whether it is the Intown Macon area or the Shirley Hills or Stanislaus neighborhoods. The architecture is amazing. While visiting a mansion in Natchez, the docent asked where I was from and I replied Macon. He laughed and said, "Why did you come to Natchez to see fabulous homes and architecture, my wife and I actually visited Macon to see the fabulous homes." Oh well, sometimes you take for granted the beauty that is around you.
Mebbe you'd likely be safer in Natchez than Macon these days. Every Monday there is a list of Shootings(Gang Related, for the most part) and Deaths in and around Macon & Bibb County
Natchez is my absolute FAVORITE place! Great video!
Thank you! Great video and I loved how you included knowledge and history of wealth! You did such a great job I hit subscribed with just one video!
Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching and subscribing.
I was ready to rip this list up - but from my perspective as a private wealth attorney, it's quite accurate.
This channel scratches the itch in my brain the craves a very niche subject. Thanks for that!
Buckhead Ga, St Simons Ga...both need to be here
Buckhead while exceedingly wealthy, is not a city but a district of Atlanta that was incorporated into the city in about 1955. Looks as if city hood for Buckhead "Buckhead City" proposition went down in flames agin this year and I find it ironic that Lenox Square mall has had to install metal detectors at the entrances. So, trust me on this; if you live in Buckhead, you live in the City of Atlanta. If one is going to live in Buckhead, you want to be on or around W. Paces Ferry Road in close proximity to the Governor's mansion or around Tuxedo. The rest of it is so, so.
@@joligarcon5970 where do you work?
ugly muddy dark water along GA coast and buckhead is now a lawless dump overan with crime
@@joligarcon5970 you think that's bad wait till you go to orlando florida. And You're probably wrong about who you should be worried most about judging by your paragraph.
@@kennixox262 cute little track called Peachtree over in that area.. piedmont driving ain’t too bad either..
I have always loved lookout mountain I'm excited you mention that I never hear people talk about it. And I Love Charleston
Excellent List, Extremely Accurate.
Glad you think so. Thanks!
Great Video, seems Palm Beach could have been number one, it is a paradise in the Winter months
Chattanooga had RR money even before the Civil War, so I'm sure Coke bottling had a bigger impact overall, but there is far older money up on the mountain
I’m from Charleston, SC and live there still. Yes it is true a lot of old money still resides in Charleston.
I'm from Charleston also!
Much of it south of Broad and or out on the islands. Once out of the historic district, it is a total dump.
@@kennixox262 ehhh I grew up and my parents still live in Elliotborough nice area and my grandparents live in Wagner Terrace!
I stayed in the Pink House in Charleston years ago
@@wondellsanchez3542 on Rainbow Row? Nice!!! So you are aware of the old money that resides in CHS!!??
Man they have so much money out in Middleburg its crazy. Nearby Berryville VA has some of the biggest houses I have ever seen.
Mountain Brook AL
definitely deserves a spot on this list.
It’s called the “tiny kingdom” by locals.
Lots of old banking money / trust fund babies living there. I dealt with them for years in my job.
The majority of old money people are decent.
Mountain Brook is #7. Thanks for watching.
It’s the “Mountain Brook Bubble” - same town Natalee Holloway was from for reference to some.
Jewish Orthodox community
Totally agree! I’m a chef there more money per mile than Manhattan
This is also were Borat learned manners....
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There was no sugarcoating and i enjoyed the video!
not that many people have heard of it, but the town of Ruston, Louisiana has the largest collection of old money families in louisiana and is also the richest town in Louisiana per capita. the town basically has more rich people than poor people with a population of about 25,000 people.
They got a place there with some mean chicken sandwiches too
My family is from there but I didn't grow up there...how would I go about finding this information??
@@Lady6Chocolate9 a lot of it is just knowing who the families are. take a ride through downtown ruston one day. a few of the big mansions of the early 20th century still decorate the streets.
Fact it has more millionaires than New Orleans.
I didn't know that!! Thanks for the trivia. Home of Grambling!
The Windsor Farms neighborhood of Richmond is like a living museum of Georgian architecture as well as an exclusive suburb for the Richmond establishment. Also, the Buckhead area of Atlanta should’ve been #3 behind Palm Beach and Middleburg for old money exclusivity
Good call!
Yep. I live 2 blocks from Windsor Farms. Those 2 blocks makes millions of $ difference. I'm not sure if there is a home there worth less than $2M. All kids go to private schools and prestigious universities. They have generations of money where most families have homes at the "rivah", Outer Banks, or at a minimum, a retreat in the mountains or Kerr/Gaston Lakes or country home. Want to join CCV? Um, not likely unless you can prove 3 generations of gentility (there are some exceptions and times are a-changin.
Nah, Buckhead is mostly new money now.
Buckhead is not particularly "exclusive". Plenty of money but mostly new money.
Hyman family lives there- pure class!
River Oaks in Houston.
Naples, Florida merits entry on this list. Many business tycoons flocked to Ft. Myers in the 1920’s, Edison, Firestone, and Ford to name a few as well as the Collier family.
Palm Beach is richer.
@@fitzwilliamdarcy5263, yes, am sure Pam Beach is much richer today. That said, when Henry Ford was the richest man in the world, and Edison and Firestone hanged out with him, Fort Myers was certainly a well heeled placed.
@@fitzwilliamdarcy5263 Most millionaires per square mile in the entire country- Naples, FL
@@JOpalensky
Most billionaires? Palm Beach, FL.
Naples is cute, though. Gulf Coat is just objectively worse - destructive hurricanes, water filled with oil and red tides, less money, and little night life.
@@fitzwilliamdarcy5263 Agreed. Seven Billionaires in Naples vs fifty-four in Palm Beach.
You really have to include Asheville, NC, home of the Vanderbilts, Anderson Cooper's peeps.
Illumanati
@@moodypet8837 Yes. Cooper is sneaky evil along with the entire illuminati.
Love Asheville kind of a hippie place lol
@@businessbuilder92 Elitist, bougie hippies that pushed out all the real mountain folk, sure.
Im surprised you missed some spots in CT, and Kentucky!.
Lovely 🎉
You should do one on Oxford, Mississippi 😊
Oxford was the first town that came to my mind lol
❤definitely.
Grew up there. Glad to see I wasn't the only one to think it should be included.
Oxford, Mississippi. Absolutely
Make a part 2 please 🙏 😊
Yes we will definitely consider it. Thank you.
Enjoyed the video. Wouldn’t have expected New Orleans to be on the list and Atlanta to be excluded. That being said, old money is evolutionary as are the places it exists.
Atlanta is noveau riche money. I'm from Macon, GA. The Old money there the Eastside and Queen Anne areas of Seattle could not touch them in their dreams.
atlanta definetely new money compared to new orleans. history could tell you that easily.
Lmao of course New Orleans would be on the list over atlanta. You don’t seem very bright.
@@bensumerau Lmao - New Orleans is a crap-hole of a city, but I suppose it works for you.
Enjoyed this and have been lucky enough to spend time in each community. Unfortunately, the inane stock images of people peeling off money, circa 2000 detracted from the information. Beaufort SC also with tremendous tap roots of generational money.
Thanks for watching and sharing!
Biltmore NC,Aiken and Beaufort SC Huntsville AL should of have been mentioned as well
Aiken definitely.
Just left Beaufort. Not that impressive 😊
Biltmore is not a city, it's the estate name of the Vanderbilts.
Yes, there is still alot of old money in Huntsville. Not as much as before, though.
Hi great job, I think Deal nj and rumson
The South of old money reminds of the Northeast of old money.
More seersucker:-)
No cause north east isn’t built off slavery
A big slice of the NE money was made hand in hand with that Antebellum Old South Money...... Natchez had a pretty good relationship and home owners from up NE.
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I got turned around very quickly by the police when I tried to drive through Palm Beach I was able to see some of the homes but mostly all of the properties are beachfront and most have to helicopter up, all of their houses are covered by topiary anyway.
You forgot Buckhead Atlanta, GA
Buckhead is relatively new
@@mariequinn370 yeah that's not true!!! Tuxedo Park in Buckhead is far from new. It dates back to the antebellum south. Hell the movie gone with the wind spoke about it
ROFL....maybe Brookhaven
Buck head is trash. The demographics alone have ruined it.
Buckhead is noveau rich money, but from what I heard as a youngin, ya'll didn't get burned by Sherman.
St Simon's Island and Sea Island in Georgia and Tybee Island in South Carolina!!!
Tybee is in GA right outside Savannah.
River Oaks Houston is the OG unquestioned seat of old oil money, with entry point home $3M ranging to $20M. Legendary community of wild nights & inexplicable wealth behavior.
yep,...I noticed that too when I was there
Is that old money, or new? The old money types have rules. Wild nights and other behavior that draw attention or commentary are usually frowned on.
River Oaks is the wealthiest area of Houston, but it's full of new money. Now West University Place is a different story. It's full of old oil money etc.
Crazy story about Highland Park Tx. So I moved to Dallas in 2005.I use to drive around learning the city. One day I ended up around SMU and drove around Highland Park actually got lost me and my girlfriend we were just amazed at all the beautiful big houses.My girlfriend spot a house I passed that I didn't see... she said bae turn around I want to see that house again.I called myself making a u turn down this small back alleyway drive thru. It had no street name to it and if you were driving from the main street you might not even notice it. As we riding down this long no name alleyway I'm looking for away to turn around all of a sudden the alleyway begin to get wider with a huge gate entrance a big water fountain it was so beautiful back there and dozens upon dozens of people just chilling having fun. I looked at my girlfriend and said did we just stumble upon a hidden society back here that us regular folks don't know nothing about.
They don’t call it “the bubble” for nothing. Thanks for sharing!
@@schmancy2978 ? did you delect my response
Thomasville Georgia, numerous plantation estates converted to hunting clubs, movie locations, and vacationing.
U left out Buckhead in Atlanta , my home 😭
So I'm reading here that the Black slaves actually helped make these white old money people wealthy. Had it not been for them then this story would not be able to be told? I have been to Highland Park TX recently. I almost crashed my rent a car looking at the homes strewn throughout the town.
This is a given the wealthiest people in the south were always slave owners, in fact salve owners wealth was attributed to how many slaves they had.
Very few people were able to afford slaves. Blacks owned slaves also. Whites were slaves. Get educated.
Beaufort, S.C. situated between Charleston and Savannah.
As a county or a town because Beaufort township doesn't have all that much money I would say Bluffton and Hilton Head are probably where most of the money is there.
Theres' some serious action in Beaufort. We Maconites are well aware of ya'll.
Where is the place pictured in the very beginning @0:26? It's on a coast.
Looks like Charleston SC.
@@networth00 Thank you kindly.
No surprise that there aren't any cities from NC on this list as it was quite poor until fairly recently. Its success and rise to more prominence says a lot for how the state managed its future in the post WW2 decades.
There's a lot of old money in NC from tobacco and banking. There are a few old money communities in Charlotte like Myers Park and Dilworth.
@@kevinbrown-ge6sz certainly there are pockets/neighborhoods of old money all over the state, but it's not like these other states that have much deeper and broader histories of old money.
@@jlpack62 i work at a country club that says it was actually built by nc and transported slaves back and forth apparently
What the Pepsi guy didn't make it on to the list
I was expecting the Duke family to make the list (tobacco and pre-packaged cigarettes).
I grew up in Belle Meade, and moved to Palm Beach in my 20s.
u be lying
@@davejackson3869 nope
Belle Meade is beautiful to drive through and visit.
I grew up in Fauquier County, VA 😊
Wow, old money behaviors reminds me of high school in kids behavior…, nope, not interested.
The purpose of life is to grow as a person and contribute, not segregate!!
Yes, a plethora of cliques and superiority complexes.
Nothing quite like Virginia lived here in Manassas way too long lol
Covington and Madison GA have been missed, Sherman spared them. RB, Conyers, ga
Because they're trash now.
Madison Ga on July 4 is the place to be for “Southners”. Then spend the rest of the summer in Highlands NC.
Madison is one of my FAVORITE places in Georgia. It is VERY unique indeed.
I live close to Natchez Mississippi so I go there at least twice a week
Augusta, GA and Aiken SC.
both poor
@@fitzwilliamdarcy5263 You've obviously never been there. Lol
@@Georgiagr-uf5kq Compared to places like Palm Beach? This is a list of the wealthiest places, not some random towns with dilapidated POS "mansions."
The Twickenham Historic District in Huntsville, Alabama
Im surprised auburn al not on here so small but so expensive to be between columbus ga & montgomery al
War Eagle!! 🦅🦅🦅
No mention of meyers park in Charlotte nc?
Some girl just killed herself at MP H.S. lol
I just came for the beautiful architecture
Mobile, Alabama has a lot of old money.
Awesome so we'll made
Thanks for watching!
River Oaks Texas
Undertakers carry a great responsibility for ascending and descending. Order. Now that is old money. The Aouth was Separste but equal . manufacturing distribution starts from the bottom up. The virginia equestrians horse riders derby sequences are breeding quarters.
My great-grandfather was from Richmond breeding
This host is trying to link the south as horrible because of slavery, but all the horrible people live in Washington DC today
I didn’t get that vibe at all, he’s just stating the history of how the wealthy got their wealth. Slavery was very profitable.
They don't live in Washington DC you idiot.
The host is correct.
You know there is a terrible history with slavery in the south… and a lot of the families gained their wealth from the slave trade?
How do you think the south got it's original wealth?! Virginia was struggling and barley surviving until slavery winch made George Washington the richest president until Trump.
I’ve been to all of these and lived in a few. You missed one though. Pass Christian, Mississippi has its own coastal elite. While much of the coastline was damaged or destroyed with Hurricane Katrina, there is still an enclave of old money and strong Southern elite.
Surprised you were bored enough to make it to Virginia haha
@@businessbuilder92 How rude
@@nikkil764 I been here for over decades I can say what I think lol
My cousin, Otis DeRussy, lived there. DeRussy motors hit hard by Katrina. Pre- Revolutionary wealth from France.
Très très Chic
It wasn't the beautiful buildings that saved Savannah. It was a group of Savannah's influential & Wealthy citizens led by The Mayor who saved the town. They contacted and surrendered the town to Sherman well before he even entered the city, and begged him not to do to Savannah what he had done to the rest of the state of Georgia. Sherman relented and Savannah was saved. As a Georgian who loves Savannah, I'm glad they did what they did to save the town. The war was Lost already and there was no military reason to Raze Savannah to the ground. However, when he got to Charleston Sherman made up for giving Savannah a pass, and Played Hell In Charleston
It’s actually more Signal Mountain in Chattanooga than Lookout Mountain. LM is more national/state parks than residential.
Thank you for the update.
Just came from there, and I was wondering how I missed all the money. Houses on top of the mountain were nice but hardly luxurious
Highlands NC and Flat Rock NC
Charlottesville, VA
Highland park TEXAS generational wealth.
South of Broad in Charleston
Holly Springs ms . The old town was on track to become the capital of ms
I would love to come from old money ❤
Aiken, SC
Brentwood Tennessee and Granny whilte pike Nashville! Thats old papi money
Can't even compare to places like Palm Beach.
Old Naples Florida🌴 - population 23000💚 - South West Coast💲💰🤑💲
Palm Beach is richer
Thomasville GA
You forgot St Francisville, LA
One of the wealthiest in Savannah was Alexander Beasley. Look him up. Go back and look at that historical marker re Mt Brook…it was founded in 1821, not 1920
I don’t know if you consider Maryland the south. I know it is north of the Mason Dixon line (ish). I live in Potomac, Maryland.
We consider Maryland to be north (though we know some will disagree). Potomac is an extremely wealthy town, and we mentioned you guys in our DC video. However, since this video was about old money (and not necessarily the wealthiest), then we decided to go with some other locations. Same reason why we didn’t add Great Falls to the list, even though they’re in Virginia. Thanks for watching!
Memphis, Asheville, Lexington Ky
Memphis? LOLOLOLOL
Tega Cay, South Carolina
Buckhead, Atlanta?
River Oaks, Houston, TEXAS
Those houses in Chatanooga and a couple other cities didn't seem at all grand.
I dont think this videos focus is the most money but the old part
Lake Norman, NC
Lol
Naples, FL- Most millionaires per square mile in the entire country.
A lot of wealthy enclaves in Florida in general. Miami is hopping, but mostly new money. Palm Beach was pretty fairly covered. Naples and Tampa/St. Pete have a mix of old and new money. Marco Island has a lot of new money. And the strip of towns up in the panhandle known as the Emerald Coast are drawing a lot of wealth, mostly of the new money sort.
Love the homes on Gordon (Gecko) Drive
@Schmancy... By your definition of "Old Money", these places seem pretty accurate. I'm from Coastal Georgia. Lots of people that made money in some of the Coastal Rice & Ag lands may have lost "monetary" accessible riches, but their descendants still retain the Legacy of The Land. And GOD isn't making anymore Land.....at least the last time I checked. 😉
How could you miss Galveston Island
Palm Beach isn't really in the South. I might mention Aiken, SC
Usually states that were apart of the Confederacy and slaveholding are considered The South. Florida was both. Also it is south of The Mason Dixon line.
oh yes it is - just because its full of transplants doesnt mean fl is not southern.. outside the major cities fl is more southern dare i say south carolina
@@fineart6867 only northern Florida feels southern. Too much immigrants in southern Florida and most of the rich folks are northeastern or canadian
@@dubreil07 Nope central FL is just as bad. Go to places like DeLand, Sandford, any where in Polk County and it will tell a diffrent story. I've lived both North Fl and Central and there is not much difference. To tell you the truth Central FL is getting more southern then some places like Jacksonville now.
Buckhead, Sea Island
Rugby TN
The world wants E.I.C. where Middleburg used to be! I'm just buying what's mine, after I do, the property value will increase, but there would also be a business plan, so people can build within the confines of the regulatory committee. These plans require votes, because I'm not buying, but there would best be two basis for eminent domain. It doesn't matter, you have to be reasonable because it will already likely be the place of the highest valuations of realty. There's more to gain once it's built, and people will see a pace of production on par with developing economies, but for the wealthy's new city.
Biloxi Ms
Just wish I had some old money
Unfortunately Natchez Ms strugggles to keep up those beautiful old homes
Sounds like the old money is running out.
There ain't much old money left in Natchez, I can assure you of that. The big money in that town is new money. But yes, even a lot of the new money doesn't realize what it takes to restore and upkeep a home from the Antebellum or Victorian period.
Though there's been a big push in the last few years with the influx of outta state folks leaving numerous other States for the lower housing costs of Natchez(other areas too). Quite a number of them have plowed big sums and had some nicely finished product.
Bulkhead, Ga Hilton Head, Sc Madison, Ms.
What actually happened during and after the civil war is that most fortunes were confiscated by the Yankees! They marched into homes and cleaned them out while the owners watched! All their plantations were confiscated, lands divided up and sold at auctions! This happened to my South Carolina ancestor who was left with nothing! Sherman’s troops took everything and he played cards on my 5x great grandfather’s tilt top table!!
great that makes me so happy, forget you and your racist ancestors.
Well, considering how the wealth was generated..............
@@kennixox262 it was all about severe punishment! It didn’t have to happen like that! Plus the war was about money anyway!
Very good
@@kristijones5446 sherman was a demon
And every generation gets more narcissistic bc they're NOT the ones who did the work. Just that itself makes me grateful I don't have a heart like that.
I drive through palm beach all the time, it looks better at the crack of dawn.
Is there some kind of order to this list? Doesn’t seem to be.
No order of importance. Thanks for watching!
They got this old money from owning slaves and having free labor.
Yup ! Got the wealth from the pain and suffering off the backs of others !
Blacks sold blacks into slavery. First slave owner here was black.
NAWLINZ!!! LOL
I think thee spanish were there before thee french. In Louisiana.
highlands nc
my home town Buckhead Ga
... is an unsafe dump.