An awful lot of accomplished persons grew up in isolated areas, on small farms, and were educated in very small classrooms (or at home).

I can speak of this from experience. I (currently) live in the near vacinity of a town we amiably named "cowtown", and used to go to a small ton high school. As it turns out, one of the graduates before me at that school went on to become an astronaut -- after living in almost-vacant "cowtown" all his life. Makes /me/ proud to be a citizen of such lightly populated areas. Besides that, it's quieter, safer, and if the government comes for me, I have a kill zone of at least 5 miles. Woohoo! Daniel. -- If in fact we are the only intelligent life on this planet, why the fuck are we in this goddamn mess? -- Find my public key on the World Wide Web -- point your browser at: http://bs.mit.edu:8001/pks-toplev.html