I never went to high school, so I never really grokked that kind of clique behavior. I mean, cliques can be good as they help us organize vast social networks,

I never went to high school, so I never really grokked that kind of clique behavior. I mean, cliques can be good as they help us organize vast social networks, but I've been told they go way overboard in that environment. Even though I have never been to a sports game (excepting a Harlem Globetrotters show, but that wasn't really a game), I kind of feel the same way walking around my hometown of Fairbanks. The population is small enough that I likely have no more than two or three degrees between myself and any random stranger. It's a very odd feeling, and one that I've never gotten used to.