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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks! What do you mean that they are different socially? [/quote]

I find people in Rye to be less formal, less guarded, more genuine, more willing to put themselves out there socially, less judgmental.  They also don't define their lives based on their professions or where they went to college or where their children go to high school....these things rarely come up in conversation where as in DC they would be amongst the first facts I would discover upon meeting somebody. Hope that's helpful![/quote]

You forgot to mention that Rye is completely non-diverse ethnically and you can substitute economic stratification for the professional / educational status separators you mention above.[/quote]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that people in Rye aren't exhaustively and singularly focused on race.  [/quote]

No need to in a town that is 87% white (half of the diversity consisting of non-professional class Hispanic families living in one section of town) in a metro area that is 53% non-white.  Think deeply now.

There are lots of historical reasons for this makeup, and I am not saying that an AA or other minority family would not feel comfortable in Rye - to the contrary (I am AA and lived in Scarsdale for many years).  But before anyone paints these towns as bucolic, judgement free zones they should also understand that homogeneity reduces all kinds of social challenges and sources of friction.  I will leave it to you to evaluate if that comes at a cost.[/quote]

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