Bully: Difference Between Socs And Greasers

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I would most likely be a soc because i have a good house with a lot of land i have new tv’s
And cars. The differences between socs and greasers are the greasers are kinda poor they have one car that they have to push to start, and the soc’s have nice cars and big houses. The actions of a soc is they are bully’s i dont bully but that’s their actions and some choices they made were that they pick on the people who are poor and they make fun of them and what not. But i wouldn't be called rich im in the middle of being a soc or a greaser our truck needs to be worked on we need have a tractor from 1989 i mean our truck is a 2004 but it works. More actions they have is that they can be apologetic when randy wanted to talk to pony he was apologetic

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