I grew up in the U.S. but moved around a lot, and most schools I went to were like PG described. All except for my high school, which was predominantly immigra

I grew up in the U.S. but moved around a lot, and most schools I went to were like PG described. All except for my high school, which was predominantly immigrant (majority Russian/ex-Soviet bloc, minority Asian; parents were mostly geeks as well), which culturally felt a lot like Silicon Valley: nerdy, eccentric, and optimistic about the future. Unsurprisingly, there's non-trivial overlap because many of my friends from high school moved out here for work or to start companies.