# Why living in DC gives me an inferiority complex: Reason#53

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 15, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-living-in-dc-gives-me-an-inferiority-complex-reason-53/725209 "2015-07-15T02:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-living-in-dc-gives-me-an-inferiority-complex-reason-53/725209/1 "2015-07-15T02:45:48Z")

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Even the homeless have a degree from Harvard!

> **[The homeless man who went to Harvard Law with John Roberts](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/the-homeless-man-who-graduated-from-harvard-law-school-with-chief-justice-john-roberts/2015/07/13/63257b5c-20ca-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html)**
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> Alfred Postell may be the most academically distinguished man living on the District’s streets.

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-living-in-dc-gives-me-an-inferiority-complex-reason-53/725209/2 "2015-07-15T03:03:43Z")

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I was in a cab in DC talking to a friend from Russia when the cab driver from Angola joined in and told us he went to grad school in Moscow. DC really is where nerds roam free.

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**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-living-in-dc-gives-me-an-inferiority-complex-reason-53/725209/3 "2015-07-15T03:32:47Z")

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> [@Mr.Nylock](#):
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> Even the homeless have a degree from Harvard!
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> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/the-homeless-man-who-graduated-from-harvard-law-school-with-chief-justice-john-roberts/2015/07/13/63257b5c-20ca-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/the-homeless-man-who-graduated-from-harvard-law-school-with-chief-justice-john-roberts/2015/07/13/63257b5c-20ca-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html)

Ok - this is a smart guy. Granted, he cannot practice law, but schizophrenia is supposedly very treatable today. Maybe a couple of his buddies from law school can scrape together a few K to for a psych doc and some meds?