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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s full of obnoxious state school hicks who grew up <300 miles away and are scared to move more than a few hour drive from hometown. It’s also on the decline, so much so that Nashville is eating its lunch as a middle class weekend vacation destination. Sophisticated people flee Chicago and never go back, ex Obamas.[/quote]

Imagine being so unsophisticated yourself that you think 300 miles is a few hours in the car while trying to crap on everyone who lives in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country.[/quote]

Do you know what <300 miles means? Look where the Big Ten universities are located. Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Michigan State, Ohio State, plus all of the lower tier state schools in that region. For all the bumpkin midwits 30 to 300 miles away from Chicago, it's easy to move there after college with your high school friends. Mom and dad are just a car drive away. In contrast, moving to the West Coast or the District, New York or Boston requires guts, a better job, and more ambition.[/quote]

This pretty much applies to any large metro area, especially DC. I can't tell you how many people I've met here that grew up in NoVA or MoCo, went to UVA, UMD, VT, WM and then moved to Arlington after college and worked for a govt contractor. Not much drive or ambition there.

I currently live in Vienna, and it's rather odd how provincial this place is. People brag that their child is going to the same high school that they went to, which seems like something you'd hear if you were in the Midwest.

I also have a lot of family in both NY and SF. All of my cousins grew up in the suburbs of NJ or San Jose and then moved to the city after college.  Being local was a huge reason for staying put.

The only ones that have guts or ambitions are the international people, which the coastal cities do attact more of. [/quote]

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