I don’t think they choose to live at a distance, I think they do it to avoid getting hurt. This is purely anecdotal, but I remember a brilliant nerdy kid back

I don’t think they choose to live at a distance, I think they do it to avoid getting hurt. This is purely anecdotal, but I remember a brilliant nerdy kid back in high school days dared to talk back to some bullies that were messing with him. He ended up getting beat the fuck up and they purposely broke his glasses. At the end of the day though, the bullies were still popular and accepted by everyone, and the nerd was still a nerd who should have known his place. How does a life event like that affect someone’s world view later when the very thing that once made them an outcast is suddenly the source of all their power and wealth in this word?