Absolutely. Try growing up as a geek in a semi-suburbanized farming community (though things have changed since then).
If you want to play this game: try growing up as a liberal, atheist geek from out of town in a rural bible-belt town of ~7,000. Then, try becoming an adult and getting over it so that you can perform your civic duty.
High school, for me, is 3+ hours away. And yes, I'd rather never revisit that place again.