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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do people have friend groups that are so socioeconomically diverse? Pretty much everyone I'm in touch with from high school or college is now a JD/MBA/MD or working in finance or tech.

It's not like I tried to hang out only with highly paid professionals, I just don't have any friends who aren't (except for some who are now finishing up PHDs, but that's different).[/quote]

Don't you have friends from high school or even middle school? I always find it odd when people in D.C. Only have friends that they meet through work. It's like friendships are paper thin.[/quote]

Yes. Of my best high school friends, one is a lawyer, one a doctor, one works in tech, and one is a veterinarian. We were all in honors classes together and didn't really hang out with the kids who ended up doing random jobs after college.[/quote]

But according to these jokers, you are a snob unless you have one janitor friend living in Section 8 housing. Most people do hang out with others in the same socioeconomic class. I bet these same people wouldn't want their own kids being tight with the future garbage men or house cleaners in school...unless they are so committed to diversity and tolerance they sacrifice their own kids' wellbeing. The bubble starts right from school.[/quote]
There's quite a difference between a janitor in section 8 housing and a professional earning around $100k. We have people here saying they earn $200k and consider those who only earn $100k as someone who has screwed up and is someone they wouldn't hang around with. So are you saying that a lawyer would not consider someone who is a microbiologist, earning $103,000 and working for a private research lab on bio-warfare threats, is not "good enough" in the lawyer's eyes to be friends with?[/quote]

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