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Originally Posted by llamaorama
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My freshman year college roommate was from Osceola High. I visited his family for a week, and holy crap, that area was a caricature of every negative Deep South stereotype. Warm people, but ultra-poor, super-segregated, and still had plantation economy cultural/economic norms. Almost every white kid in the country who doesn't live in a trailer park attends a segregation academy. The local public schools are horrific. There's nothing to do but go in the woods and drink and shoot at animals. My buddy was basically a unicorn. In a town where many don't finish high school, and few make it to the local community college, he had offers from some of the best universities.
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