Why do people seem taller in certain parts of town?

Question

I recently noticed something very interesting lately. I live in a part of town that seems to harbor really short people. I'm a guy just over 6' tall. It seems like whenever I go to a store around the location I live, the people there are really short. It makes me feel like I'm unnaturally tall. The women seem really petite and the men seem like midgets. But when I got to a different part of town I see many people around my height. The big difference is in the women. I see so many women that are close to my height. It's kind of strange because when I'm over there it makes me feel like I'm not very tall at all.

Why do you think this is.

Answer 1

Maybe it's the town.

Answer 2

Yep, it's like that here too.  But I think that's because it's a genetic and racial thing, and usually people tend to stick together but that's totally just a theory and I don't even know if I agree with myself on that one, lol.  I lived in a ghetto black neighborhood growing up, and all of the girls were extremely tall (except for me, lol), but when I went into other neighborhoods, the chicks were nowhere near as tall as most of my neighbors and friends.  I'm not really sure why, though... honestly, I can't say.  I can only tell you that it's something I've always noticed too.