Question: what is the main difference between greasers and socs?
Answer: The difference between the Greasers and the Socs is that the Socs are middle class people and the Greasers are poor and dirty. They hang out in different places - Ponyboy says that "the Socs go to The Way Out and to Rusty's, and the Greasers go to "The Dingo and to Jay's".