I think there's a divide of sorts at WashU. By and large, students tends to be insulated from the culture of St. Louis, faculty a little more or less so, depending on the individual, while staff tend to be more embedded.
Wherever we fall on the spectrum, there's nothing like an out-of-town trip to teach us how embedded we are. It's been about four years since I left St. Louis for someplace new, and without leaving the States, it would be hard to find a more arresting departure point than where I am now.
I seem to be in a place with an embarassment of riches -- quirky little locally owned shops, local organic produce, bicycles, and interesting people from far-flung places. St. Louis makes much ado about displaying half the diversity one sees in this little Vermont town.
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