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I think this is just your personal experience. People have been going to Andover since 1778 and to Eton since 1440. Is it possible that your peer group now is

• dagw 9y ago
  Is it possible that your peer group now is wealthier than your peer group as a child? I don't think that's it. While it's obviously true that the very elite have always cared about and spent a lot of money on their children's schooling if definitely feel like it's becoming more and more of thing even among 'normal' people. Much of this is probably connected to the fact that options to choose your own schools are becoming more and more available in ways they haven't been in the past.
• orbitur 9y ago
  It's also possible there's a lot more private "elite" primary/secondary schools now.