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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by drumdance on Thursday December 17, 2015 @11:30AM (#10752414)
> One trip to Houston or Minneapolis

Uh, okay. How about rural Georgia where I grew up?

Dollars to donuts that Houston and Minneapolis have much higher subscription rates to the New Yorker than zip codes from elsewhere in the state.

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by linkregister on Thursday December 17, 2015 @12:06PM (#10752654)
Are you implying that Houston and Minneapolis aren't in the midwest?

Are subscriptions to the New York Times the benchmark of intellectualism?

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by drumdance on Thursday December 17, 2015 @07:22PM (#10755767)
C'mon, you seriously think the population of rural Texas is about the same as Houston? Where I grew up in Georgia is a heck of lot different than Atlanta.

http://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/senate/geo...

And people wonder why Trump does so well in the polls.

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by linkregister on Friday December 18, 2015 @12:42AM (#10756870)
You are arguing a viewpoint that is not in contention here. The post I was responding to was talking about "Middle America" versus "coastal intellectuals." In other words, you are attempting to refute a position I haven't advocated.
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