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Good post Leno.
Yes, underground chapters are very common here in the northeast, primarily for a couple reasons. The schools here are older than most throughout the nation. We have alot of prestigious universities like Yale and Harvard which have underground societies (like the skull and bones). With the old/prestigious colleges there is alot of legacy in one's family with fraternities/societies. Alot of major universities/colleges at one time banned fraternities and sororities, like Harvard and Amherst College.
For instance, there are alot of underground fraternities at Amherst College, although disorganized and not really well respected, they are there. Amherst College used to have an amazing Greek system. They used to command HUGE mansions in the middle of Amherst in probably the most prime real estate available. If you ever go to Amherst, check them out near the town common, the old fraternity houses are simply AMAZING. Now they are just student dorms. Amherst College kicked fraternities out and banned them a while ago, like 30-50 years ago. Also Boston University banned Greeks for a while if I recall, Eric B., can you confirm this? Harvard also banned greeks. Now at Harvard, instead of a fraternity, something like the Astronomy club would be the equivalent.
I also thing that there are more underground fraternities in the northeast simply because of the number of colleges we have.
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