[Consultant32452]

I felt it was more classist. I personally would enjoy living in West Virginia. Low taxes, cheap land, beautiful wildlife/scenery, access to the Appalachian Trail, etc. I certainly understand why some people would prefer to live in a place like NY, but this idea that if you're not in a wealthy coastal city that life is shit is so tiresome.

[RickJWagner]

Yes, definitely a snobby, elitist tone.

The funny thing is, it's totally hogwash. Brilliant minds exist all around us, in every locale.

[mikestew]

I was told by an actual rocket scientist who lived in Birmingham, Alabama that Birmingham had at the time more PhDs per capita than anywhere else in the U. S. Never looked it up, but it was believable enough at the time.

[icebraining]

How is it classist? People of all classes live in both WV and in SF or NY.

[amelius]

> I felt it was more classist.

It's also "job-ist" (is there a word for that? if not, that's a lexical gap)

Anyway, now I feel dirty being an IT expert.