on the history of Thomas Jefferson (the over-rated, aloof, extortionist) leaving Williamsburg following the end of the Revolutionary War and lobbying heavily for the relocation of Virginia's state capital to Richmond. unlike his Patrick Henry, a fellow alumnus of the College and member of the Williamsburg community, when Jefferson took the reins of government away from Henry, he abandoned his home and ran away, closer to his dream location for a conglomeration of snooty, elitist, bastards lying to their parents about how they want to go there because they want to get an education and telling their friends that they wont ever change to fit in.
at this time Williamsburg's economy fell apart. Being the capital city was a big deal and had been for some time. when that prestige was moved west, the city suffered. The only two institutions that survived this meltdown were the College of William and Mary (of course, those resilient nerds...) and the Public Hostpital for the Insane (now know as Eastern State Mental Hospital, a section of which has been an off-campus dorm, Dillard, for unlucky students lacking social skills or a good lottery number). Of course, in the tradition of Williamsburg hating the students at the College ever since the founding fathers left, they liked to joke about the irony of the situation. even as the enrollment at the College diminished, they would joke that the only difference between these two remaining institutions was that one of them, the latter, required some proof of improvement before letting you leave. thus sealing the fate of countless over-worked, excessively-stressed, borderline-insane, and perpetually-hated students at the College of William and Mary and their relation to the surrounding community.

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