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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a NoVa suburb and went to what I guess was sort of a competitive high school, at least at the time. It wasn’t the academic competition that was an issue, nor even the status symbol brands, it was the extreme homogeneity of everything. When you grow up surrounded by people who are exactly like you, your point of view is extremely narrow, despite parents throwing their high incomes at experiences and cultural enrichment and thinking their kids are quite worldly.

I didn’t become aware of this until i went to college and broke out of that bubble. People from less competitive areas seemed far more interesting and real. My kids are now being raised in a small city surrounded by much more economic and racial diversity. Their school has a much lower rating than mine did, but they seem to have a much more realistic sense of themselves in the world that I think will serve them well in the future. [/quote]

I have 3 kids. They live in the same house with the same parents. They are completely different from one another and have very different friend groups.

I lived in an UMC urban area and went to a magnet high school in the city. I was exposed to many different types of people. I ended up hanging out with people just like me. Or I found more people just like me. When I had kids, we used to live in a high poverty area. [b]Even though the school had a mix of different economic backgrounds, my kids oddly also found and hung out with all the UMC kids[/b]. Now we live in an UMC neighborhood and it feels like the entire school is just like us.
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The bolded has been my experience as well. It's been eye opening. Lol[/quote]

It is happening to me as well. It will be interesting though since we moved if my youngest, who was almost born in this rural location with a mix of extremes, will fit in more like a local or gravitate like the eldest sibling to UMC kids. [/quote]

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