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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the South and many of the SEC grads around me are living very comfortable lives- professional careers, beautiful homes, private schools for the kids, country club memberships, the second home, etc. the refreshing thing is that many of them aren’t hung up on the Ivies and other Ivy-type schools- it makes for a much more pleasant, normal high school experience for the kids down here. The Ivies and WASP’s and Ivy+ aren’t the only ticket to the “good life”. [/quote]

And I think that's the ideal. But if your southern state school friends were to try to make it in New York, San Francisco, Boston, DC, or Chicago, they'd probably have a very tough time. And that's the reality most people are living with. A place like Charleston, SC is fine and all - but that is a place that runs on connections and family. It's not accessible for a random graduate from Northwestern or Brown. Whereas in NY and SF, talent does make a difference, and most bright kids will have better opportunities in those places rather than a southern town where family and history matter more.

Outside of Atlanta or Nashville, talent can't break through in the South. So it remains a very comfortable backwater for locals with all the connections. [/quote]

Do you really believe it is impossible for someone who say graduated from Alabama to get a job in DC NYC or Boston? Conversely do you think someone who goes to South Carolina and stay there is destined for destitution? I think that is exactly the kind of deluded/panicked self regard that the oped is calling out. [/quote]

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