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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4659102, member: 71"] I grew up in Stamford, a city unique in that it had some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the world [I][B]and[/B][/I] a number of housing projects. Having culture commonality requires far more than merely living in a relative geographic proximity. The Cove (where I grew up) was (to be kind) blue collar during the 1960's and 1970's (I was born in 1960). I described my ethnicity earlier in this thread. Basically the entirety of the Cove at that time was of similar background. We had far more in common on nearly every level with African Americans who lived in the projects and whose families migrated from the South from the mid 1950's through the early 1960's than we did with the white kids from Shippan or the upper Ridges. If you think that because Georgetown is in DC and Nova is just outside Ohilly their student bodies would have tremendous similarities to UConn's you're missing quite a bit. [/QUOTE]