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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so glad I grew up in a middle class urban home. The baggage and ignorance some of you still carry is sad. OP and your ilk are so self loathing. Get some help.[/quote]

You realize your statement is almost as ridiculous as many others. I grew up in a working class/ blue collar smallish city suburban environment. Not quite the "get out of here" environs that the OP talks about, but there is a super brain drain from my area because there aren't good jobs or much mobility. Rich people, urban people, poor people and everyone in between can carry just as much baggage.

I think what is important to OP is that she is missing the fact that if she thinks about it, she might actually WANT her kids to see others who are living in a very different way. Being surrounded ONLY by very similar SES, lifestyles, etc can be debilitating to young adults. It certainly does not help to breed empathy or a realistic world view. Its also a great opportunity in that these people are "abstract" or cautionary tales to be studied like some anthropological experiment. They are family. You can see that good people can make all kind of decisions and that you can appreciate someone while not wanting to live their life.[/quote]

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