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Can living near smart people make you smarter

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Proximity to brilliance is highly contagious, minus the sneeze. Human capital spillovers ensure that just existing in a highly dense, hyper-educated postal code subconsciously upgrades your own mental frameworks through absolute sheer localized osmosis.

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