Originally Posted by Bassetlover
We live next to a few Engineering places, so one could assume that most engineers are either very bright or gifted, and they could have passed the genes on to children.

This happens all the time in the US. I would guess that the only kind of neighborhood that IS unusual in the US is one that perfectly mimics the national average. We tend to live more 'mosaic' style.

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