In Gossip Girls all of the main characters come from wealthy families and live  in the upper east side and go to a prestiguous high school because of the money their parents have saved up for them.They do not have to work hard to go to Ivy leaugue schoos as well because of their family name.That was not the case for Dan one of the main characters Dan was not like the rest of the characters he came from lower Manhattan and wen to the high school because of his hard work and recieved a scholarship.He was dispacled because he was the “poor” kid no one knew trying to find a way to get used to the change and that is why he created gossip girl.It was his way to get accumstomed to the upper east side.He had to learn how to keep up with the scandals and dramas even though he came from a simple life and then entered a world full of somebodies when he considered himself a nobody.