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| The reason stereotypes flourish is that sometimes they are true. Blow a loud whistle at any corner on Wall Street and you’ll probably pierce the eardrums of half a dozen Andover graduates. Similar concentrations exist in the District of Columbia halls of power, on the best-seller lists, at jet-set soirees and among the ivied walls of academe. But delve into the fine print of the 2003 alumni directory and you’ll find the Maine coastline is dotted with former Phillips and Abbot academy students who make their ways as artists and craftspeople, fishermen and writers. Some are distinctly underemployed by mercenary standards, choosing a calculatedly simple life in order to dwell in their chosen environment. Others have found creative ways to make sure dollars flow their way in spite of the fact they’ve trodden what Robert Frost would call the road less traveled. For each of them, place is the important factor. Why live in Maine? Well, as Frederic “Mac” McCabe ’65 put it, “You’ve got to live somewhere, and where else would you live?” |
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