<p>You could call it the Snookie Effect.</p>
<p>PS Are those two statements really contradictory? To me, they qualify the same outcome from two different angles. I don’t eat McDonald’s because there are plenty of better choices versus I will eat anything but McDonald’s sounds the same to me. :)</p>
<p>Xig’s “On a serious note, the lack of positive recognition has everything to do with the availability of superior choices in the extended region.” </p>
<p>BClinton’s “No, I think “anywhere but Rutgers” is the more accurate view. In enormous numbers, New Jersey kids of all ability levels will go just about anywhere to avoid going to Rutgers.”</p>