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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pondering "social mobility" as the goal. Sounds weird to me, sounds like the entire plan is about leaving your roots in the dust--your family, people you grew up with. [b]Assuming you grew up in comfortable surroundings [/b]with loving parents and friends and neighbors who were good to you, what's wrong with wanting to plant yourself in a similar life?

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Sounds like you grew up in a wealthy family in a desirable metro area. Why would you assume the bolded? [/quote]

NP.  I grew up as the child of a blue collar worker and a nurse and I would describe my upbringing as comfortable surroundings.  We moved a couple of times for various reasons and had the same quality of life everywhere we moved because there skillsets were (and still are) in demand basically everywhere people drive cars or have babies.  Their expectation for me was to attend college like they did but no expectation for or desire for social striving; our lives were pretty comfortable.

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