Hillbilly Elegy

visiting England was a childhood dream;
eating less sugar improves health. At the
same time, they’ve shown me that social
mobility isn’t just about money and
economics, it’s about a lifestyle change.
The wealthy and the powerful aren’t just
wealthy and powerful; they follow a
different set of norms and mores. When
you go from working-class to
professional-class, almost everything
about your old life becomes
unfashionable at best or unhealthy at
worst. At no time was this more obvious
than the first (and last) time I took a Yale
friend to Cracker Barrel. In my youth, it
was the height of fine dining—my
grandma’s and my favorite restaurant.