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EvoFire · 01-09-2023, 10:48 PM

Ultimately it's less about the school you went to but rather your mindset and the ppl you associate yourself with. Values taught by parents help too, a lot of the "poor" parents had good values that still drives us today.

The values I talk about is knowing to not carry dumb debt (cc debt), eating properly(kind of), them trying to not drink/smoke/swear in front of us even though as we grew up we knew they did it. Some are more successful than others.

Obviously being in a "better" school would mean you have a larger group of "good ppl" to choose from, but from Vancouver proper or even Burnaby and Richmond the "bad schools" are truly hard to find, my experience outside of Van/bby/Rch is non-existent. The only really bad schools I could think of was the rumoured gang connections in JO and Byrne Creek when they split out from Burnaby South. And these are all anecdotal. Keep in mind richer =/= better.

I've noticed the same trend with divorces. Divorce rates are something like 30% but I only know one couple who's actually divorced. And the guy isn't even a good friend. People who would end up getting divorced tend to have developed their values and laid the groundwork for it earlier in life and like-minded people congregate.
This also kind of shows here in RS. We are all in our late 20s to maybe early 40s (not sure how MG1 got caught in here). We are mostly financially responsible (mostly dreaming about that 911, new or old). The bank owns our properties and we pay for the privilege of living there. We are, in a nutshell kind of similar in terms of finance and life values despite political values.

I remember a girl friend asked once not too long ago if dating a car guy was a good idea. I told her no we spend all of our money on dumb shit like exhausts, wheels, and coils. But in hindsight, actually, most of the car guys don't have exceptionally bad habits cause the car takes up most of our leisure money, and it also means we are all somewhat financially knowledgeable and responsible. It's again a value thing where we value the car over getting piss drunk on Granville on the weekend, or hitting drugs.

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EvoFire Los Bastardo owned my ass at least once Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 6,232 Thanked 4,963 Times in 2,300 Posts Failed 75 Times in 49 Posts	Ultimately it's less about the school you went to but rather your mindset and the ppl you associate yourself with. Values taught by parents help too, a lot of the "poor" parents had good values that still drives us today. The values I talk about is knowing to not carry dumb debt (cc debt), eating properly(kind of), them trying to not drink/smoke/swear in front of us even though as we grew up we knew they did it. Some are more successful than others. Obviously being in a "better" school would mean you have a larger group of "good ppl" to choose from, but from Vancouver proper or even Burnaby and Richmond the "bad schools" are truly hard to find, my experience outside of Van/bby/Rch is non-existent. The only really bad schools I could think of was the rumoured gang connections in JO and Byrne Creek when they split out from Burnaby South. And these are all anecdotal. Keep in mind richer =/= better. I've noticed the same trend with divorces. Divorce rates are something like 30% but I only know one couple who's actually divorced. And the guy isn't even a good friend. People who would end up getting divorced tend to have developed their values and laid the groundwork for it earlier in life and like-minded people congregate. This also kind of shows here in RS. We are all in our late 20s to maybe early 40s (not sure how MG1 got caught in here). We are mostly financially responsible (mostly dreaming about that 911, new or old). The bank owns our properties and we pay for the privilege of living there. We are, in a nutshell kind of similar in terms of finance and life values despite political values. I remember a girl friend asked once not too long ago if dating a car guy was a good idea. I told her no we spend all of our money on dumb shit like exhausts, wheels, and coils. But in hindsight, actually, most of the car guys don't have exceptionally bad habits cause the car takes up most of our leisure money, and it also means we are all somewhat financially knowledgeable and responsible. It's again a value thing where we value the car over getting piss drunk on Granville on the weekend, or hitting drugs.