Letters - Letter - NYTimes.com Uninvited Guests Re: "Not in This Town You Don't" (Thursday Styles, Dec. 10): David Segal points out that the very modus operandi of the Salahis undermined their purported goal. Is it not perhaps more interesting to note that more than two weeks after the event, The New York Times is still writing about it? If we are still interested in the story of reality TV hopefuls gate-crashing a state dinner, doesn't that suggest that rather than being "a small "c" conservative kind of society, in which people are aware of the traditions and boundaries of appropriate behavior," Washington is right down in the muck with the rest of the country? In times gone by, Washington society would have banished this story within days, with a stiff upper lip and a chilly silence; as it is, they're still feasting on it. Maybe Washington is less different from the rest of the country than it wants to think. Daniel Goldring, New York David Segal writes that "at bottom, Washington's social economy is based on a currency all its own: power and the proximity to power." He's only partly right. Washington's social scene is indeed based on power, but one achieves that power by the ability and willingness to spend other people's money. In short, the currency of Washington is backed by the currency taken from taxpayers. Billy Hankins, Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Thursday and Sunday Styles sections welcome letters from readers. Letters must include the writer's name, address and telephone number. They can be sent to Sunday Styles, The New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York 10018 or by e-mail to sundaystyles@nytimes.com. Letters become the property of The Times and cannot be returned. They may be edited and may be republished in all media.