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[quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting thread.  I did not grow up in a city.  In fact, I grew up in a very small town in the middle of nowhere that depended on agriculture and timber to sustain itself.  It was not perfect, we definitely saw our fair share of alcohol and drugs (mostly MJ at the time).  However, I ended up at a pretty white bread college and always thought I was better off for having had to fend for myself at time.  I can drive ANYTHING - tractor, snowmobile, stick shift pickup, you name it.  That came in very handy when my poor friends from the Jersey suburbs were having a tough time driving their stick BMWs and learning how to pump gas!  I was also very savvy about alcohol and "when to say when," if you will.  I couldn't believe the situations I would see my girlfriends get into as a result of drinking too much 151 punch and hanging out with the lacrosse team (no offense to lacrosse but my only exposure to the sport at that time was preppy drunk guys!).  I was so, so thankful that I had "street smarts" and could figure out when someone was full of BS or not (we get a lot of practice with that in certain rural areas!).

As a result, I hate the suburbs and would love to raise my kids in the city right now.  I think they are very similar upbringings: you need to be independent, smart, and aware of what's around you (whether to avoid being mugged or driving off the side of a cliff in the mountains).  I feel like my poor suburban kids are a bit aloof and unaware of all the possible dangers of life.  Telling them about things only goes so far...[/quote]

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