“The highest strata of society not only resided in the Ring area but, with surprising frequency, owned the buildings in which they lived. For the Ringstrasse apartments [they] were prized as among the most secure and lucrative private investments…the high aristocrat, the merchant, the widow of fixed income, or the doctor who could afford it, were all drawn to buying an apartment…in the Ringstrasse house, social desirability and profitability thus reinforced each other.” (Schorske 54)
Schorske asserts that with the construction of the Ringstrasse community it created class mobility which subsequently showed a clear reflection on one of the major social tensions between the aristocrats and bourgeoisie. With the growth and expansion of the middle-class, status has become