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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by oefrha on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:23AM (#20623282)
Middle and high school do matter, but I don’t think primary/elementary/grade school — whatever you call it — makes much of a difference. I attended the average neighborhood primary school back in my day, and went on to the most competitive middle school, high school, and university.
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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by wozniacki on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:32AM (#20623334)
Are you really implying a school in Croydon, a large town in south London is going to be functionally and qualitatively equivalent to say a school in Golders Green, an area in the London Borough of Barnet? [1][2]

Equivalent in all the areas one might measure the attractiveness and potential of a school?

[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon

[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golders_Green

edit:typo

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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by DanBC on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:31AM (#20623912)
You've linked to the wrong wikipedia article, and used the word "town", which leads me to think you don't understand London much.

Is there any reason you linked to wikipedia articles about a part of London with a large Jewish population vs a part of London with a large ethnic minority population?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Croydon

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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by wozniacki on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @09:13AM (#20624820)
I just realized that. Yes the one you linked is the one I meant to use in my example.

I meant to pick a town/neighborhood with rich inhabitants (per capita) and a town/neighborhood with not so well off inhabitants.

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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by oefrha on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:36AM (#20623360)
I know nothing about schooling in England, but I would imagine the parents’ education as well as socioeconomic status plays a much greater role than elementary schooling, as is the case everywhere else.
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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by ddalex on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:23AM (#20623888)
I live in London, and I don't get your point. There are OFSTED Outstanding-rated schools both in Croydon and Golders Green.
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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by ginko on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:38AM (#20623374)
The UK is a pretty poor example since it's a very elitist country.
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