That's an interesting observation about the differences between countries and income level.
I never paid much attention to it here, just because that's the way I am. But in thinking about it, it seems the trappings, or lack thereof, probably did play a part in my acceptance or not by groups of people when I was growing up. Probably still does now, but I am even less likely to pay it any mind at my age.
It's not really something I paid much attention to myself, until recently. It's probably something which pops its head up on occasion throughout life and easy enough to dismiss and just carry on. It's when it keeps cropping up it starts to wear you down a bit, especially if it starts affecting your opportunities. Feels like it's been one thing after another of late of people trying to put us back in our place and I guess this had made me ponder on it a bit more than usual.