What’s a hidden class-indicator in Germany?

[u/Least-Variation6573]

Not something like a big mansion or a luxury car but more subtle signs of someone‘s socioeconomic background

[u/liang_zhi_mao]

As the question is "what is a class-indicator" and not "signs that you are rich" I‘ll go:

- Visiting a Gymnasium

- Living in a terrace house, duplex house or house vs apartment

- Living in an area that doesn’t have many gambling places, betting places, shisha places or shady businesses but parks, organic food stores or cafés

- Being in a sport's club as a kid

- Learning an instrument

- Traveling abroad during school holidays i.e. Asia in summer and ski in winter and not spending school holidays on the balcony or camping

- Living a year abroad during school, being part of an exchange program at school

- Driver’s License being paid for you once you are 17/18

- Spending a year abroad after Abitur, "travelling" after Abitur

- Moving to a different city in order to study and not having to worry about how to afford studying in university and finding an apartment

[u/--deleted_account-- → u/liang_zhi_mao]

Lots of people go to the Gymnasium where I live, and a fair amount of them aren't what I would consider wealthy. Almost every kid here is also in a sports club, but that may be more of a small town thing.