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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the millionth time, this is the story with places like Milwaukee, St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, name the Rust Belt City:

- people will be nice to your face 
- there will be areas where people from Ethiopia, Lebanon, Iraq, Congo live if that's your thing
- yes, there are museums, NPR, a zoo, etc.

[b]But the issue, is if it is one for you is that you will never be one of them. [/b]Want a job in Milwaukee? UW and Marquette grads will have the upper hand because companies hire their own kind. Unless you have a specific skill or were the person who grew up there, went to Harvard, then came back.[/quote]
what does this mean? 
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It means social groups are well formed. Steve and Kell grew up in Milwaukee suburbs, met at UW, married and moved back to the same suburbs. Their friends are from the same circle and they have siblings living five miles away.

They'll wave and say good morning, but have plenty of friends. A newcomer on the other hand, doesn't have that social group. And when a good job opens up, guess who gets it? One of Steve or Kell's friends because they have known them forever.[/quote]
Kell? I’m from Wisconsin, and I have never met anyone with that name. LOL. And if you are trying to implicitly argue that DC or anywhere on the East Coast is friendlier or more welcoming in any way, including to newcomers, that is even more hilarious. [/quote]

Kell is short for Kelly.[/quote]
Never heard that, and I am from Wisconsin with a cousin and several friends named Kelly. [/quote]

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