Why wouldn't they be? I went to university with people from all over Russia. They don't tend to return to their home towns after getting educated. Does this work differently in America?

> Does this work differently in America?

No, not really.

Not all poor people are stupid.

Is hatefulness an end in itself for you?

Maybe. Thanks, I could probably use some self-reflection.

(The anti-stress effect of covid vaccination seems to be much more immediate than I expected. This is the second time today I find myself saying things highly unusual for people on the Internet in general and my yesterday's self in particular, and the first time was literally a couple of minutes after the procedure.)

I'm glad that you're feeling better :)

I'd love it if more cops had college degrees in the US, but they don't. Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away.

Sadly, when you consider the available evidence, Corporal Bubba isn’t too far from the truth. I say that as someone whose Dad is a retired police officer and who spent most of his youth in a very small town with sub-1200 people.

Rural areas are subject to brain drain where the best and the brightest disproportionately leave for more urban settings where more money is available to be earned. Living in a rural setting is something one chooses not an immutable fact like skin color and by and large the harmful stereotype is spot on.