socially mobile

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Rereading recently the Snopes and Studs Lonigan trilogies, I was struck by their insight into the emotional debility and ruthlessness of socially mobile men.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

Some reestablished themselves outside of the inner city, following their original White clients as they became more socially mobile.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022

They said rural areas were among the country's least "socially mobile".

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2018

On one end of the spectrum, Kwong identified the Western-educated, socially mobile, code-switching “uptown Chinese”; on the other end were the non-English-speaking, blue-collar “downtown Chinese.”

From The New Yorker • May 3, 2017

Half a century ago, in the film adaptation of Keith Waterhouse's Billy Liar, a new generation of socially mobile northerners were urged to get on the train to London and make something of their lives.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2013