Old money, New money, and everybody else

In "The Great Gatsby", the East and West Egg people are characterized by their wealth, or rather where it came from. The West egg people, according to my notes, are the newly rich, the "nouveau rich". According to the East Egg people, West eggs lucked in to their wealth. Since they are new to wealth, they simply got lucky because they weren't born into it like the East eggs. I think it's pretty obvious they didn't just "luck into it", they worked hard and became rich. The East eggs inherited their wealth, they were born into it and didn't necessarily have to work at all. I actually used spark notes to help me understand this because I was kind of confused. Spark notes said that the East Eggers looked at the West eggers as "vulgar" and "ostentatious". The West eggs didn't have social class, grace, or a charisma. Like a kid who gets money for his birthday and goes out and spends it all. Not that the West eggs spend all their money, but more like they just aren't used to being rich so they act in ways the East Egg calls "gaudy". Gatsby spends tons of money on insane, elaborate parties that cost a fortune, while Tom and Daisy are more reserved with their spending. They certainly spend a lot but don't make a public affair of it. There is definitely a sense of "we're-better-than-you" coming from East Egg. I don't like the East egg people. I think they're snotty and sort of stuck up. Of course I'm not one to judge since I only know one couple really well from East Egg, but so farr, I don't like them. the West Egg people, like Nick seem kinder and more fulfilled. Like, Nick seems nicer, I think, because he had to work for what he has. He has an appreciation for all of it because he knows what it is worth. The Buchanans certainly do as well, it just seems like they don't find it as special as Nick, because they're used to it. Gatsby I think appreciates his wealth just as Nick does, but instead of reserving it, uses it to his full advantage. I don't think his crazy spending is a bad thing; he's just using all of his resources wisely and he doesn't have parties for his own pleasure really. They make other people, strangers happy, which is a nice thing to do. Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if the Buchanans were to have a party, it would partially be held to show off their wealth.