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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are absolutely rich people in Omaha, Milwaukee, Columbus, Birmingham and Detroit. [/quote]
Of course.

I grew up in Milwaukee and the equivalent of this among the "Milwaukee elite" is Indiana University, CU Boulder, Miami of OH...[/quote]

Interesting. I am originally from the Midwest, married a Midwesterner, and have lived on East coast now for nearly three decades. The elites in the Midwest cities I know (five across four states) want their kids at elite NE and CA schools as well as Duke, Emory, Vanderbilt. Some will end up at them - full pay geo diversity is still attractive - but some end up on PP's list. [/quote]

I lived around the Midwest for decades. There are indeed a few people who want their kids to get a little Northeast polish. I lived in one rural town of 5000 where people were puzzled about kids going to Williams, Bates, & Smith. Those were true outliers. The more run-of-the-mill social climbers would pick Notre Dame, Northwestern, & Michigan. [/quote]

I went to a New England slac. The richest people that I knew were from South Dakota and Wisconsin. They both spend a few years in Chicago post graduation, but have returned home to take over family businesses [/quote]

The wealthiest person I knew at my NE law school was from South Dakota, and also planned to eventually head back to take over the family business. She was also very nice :-)[/quote]

No one had any idea the South Dakotan had any money at all. She was super down to earth. We figured it out when she asked for a ride to pick up her parents from the airport for a family weekend and it ended up one we hadn't heard of. Their jet gave it away.  [/quote]

Some kids show up at state schools in the Midwest dressing & acting like everybody else. They drive an old pickup truck & study agriculture. Then you find out their family owns an enormous farm or ranch & they have more money than they know what to do with. [/quote]

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