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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lived in WV for a short period a few years ago. I think the most of the stereotypes are true. People there are largely uneducated/ignorant (but not all of them are rude) and places look like dump. A new theater built was advertised like a Disney theme park came to town. Pathetic!
There is no way in hell I would raise my kids in that kind of environment.[/quote]

Interesting.  No one wants you there, I'm sure, but my parents raised me in WV.  I got a better education than my kids are currently getting in a "good" MCPS school, and I ended up at Harvard.  So, yeah, it was hell.  The kind of hell where you have a huge yard and a nice house, good friends, BBQ's on the weekends, beautiful outdoor places to camp and fish, and actually learn how to do stuff for yourself.  It was essentially the "free range kids" paradise.   I have friends who are still there (they're doctors, lawyers, business owners), and I'm jealous.  If I could move my job there, I would raise my kids there in a heartbeat.[/quote]

NP... it must depend on where you lived.  What part did you grow up in PP?   Maybe the more "city" area is not ignorant?[/quote]

Yes, I'm certain the proportion of educated people is higher where there are more jobs. But it is not the case that "uneducated" = "racist".  I did not grow up near any "city".  I grew up in the Eastern Panhandle, which is one of the more economically healthy parts.  But so is the area around Morgantown and Charleston.   I just think it's rather amazing the total lack of self-consciousness with which people decide to stereotype and dismiss broad swaths of people because of their economic status.   Just completely arrogant.  I've lived in DC, Boston, Philly, and some other places.  I have a Harvard Law degree.  I'm deeply unimpressed by many of my law school classmates.  I grew up with many people far smarter than they are.  Trust me, the big cities do not have a monopoly on intelligence.[/quote]

Why didn't you go to WVU? Isn't that where all of the smart kids in WV go to?[/quote]

Did you go to your state U?  IF not, does that mean your state is a shithole?  I went to a college that was a better fit for me than WVU.  But many of my friends (and my dad) did go to WVU.  They're doctors and lawyers, like I said.  They work less than 40 hours per week and make $300k and buy houses bigger than my $1.2 mln house for $300k.  
Does that mean that WV doesn't have huge economic problems?  No.  It sure as hell does.  And we ought to be fixing them (and believe it or not, there are people trying to), but it's a "shithole" full of racists?  That's just stupid.[/quote]
Harvard law graduate making less than 300k and buying a 1.2m house? [/quote]

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