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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Generally white collar workers go to college and blue collar workers don't. There are some exceptions but it's often true. Also, white collar and blue collar people live in different neighborhoods, kids go to different schools and as a result they don't socialize together that much. It's not that surprising I wouldn't have friends without college degrees. I have a few family members who married "down" or just couldn't hack college.[/quote]

Huh. My husband and I are both bookish, white-collar people with advanced degrees from good schools, but we also each have a sibling who didn't finish college and now works in a blue-collar job. For some people these worlds mix.[/quote]

Similarly - I'm an ivy league grad with PH.D. and I have a brother who is a bartender.  My spouse with a JD from an elite university has a brother who never finished college.  Also my mother only did 2 years of college before dropping out to work and get married.  And I have quite a few cousins who didn't go to college or else never finished their degrees.

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