"Private" Dorms-regional self-segregation?

atomom
Thu, 10 May 2007 11:27:50 +0000

I went to my local large midwestern university, where all freshmen had to live in freshman dorms. My roomie was from NJ. Her first comment was, “Everyone talks so SLOW here–sounds like they’re ■■■■■■■■ or something!” Now that I think about it, all her closest friends were out-of-staters. It probably had to do with affluence, lifestyle, speaking the same language, birds of a feather, etc. My impression was that they had lived a very “fast” lifestyle compared to the locals–they had already done it all (booze, drugs, sex) before they got to college–most likely because they had lots of $ and uninvolved parents who traveled a lot and left them home alone. . .But anyway, they did choose to come to the midwest, and yet they mocked the locals and seemed to think they were superior.

It is natural for people to self-segregate in any situation