TNX, while I have to go a way back, I know exactly how you feel having been a local!
You will ahve to work 1000 times as hard to prove you selves as a Group, so dont get down hearted, keep slugging it on!
You are the ppor kid on the block, the newie that no one knows, the runt of the litter, and the ugly duckling!
You may grow to be that beautiful swan!