[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.