Well, CoD would be the exception, but Jim seems to be a townie.
And Dora's parents live nearby, so she's probably one as well!
Which brings me to Pama... using the word townie, she was probably a stuent who stayed. Butthere's another inteeresting possibility - a faculty brat. Born (or at least raised) in town by a faculty member (or two*), she's never be considered a "townie" at home, but clearly is one, and knows many, straddling both worlds.
* college towns like north Hampton, with several smaller colleges, are often the only solution to the "two-body problem". This is when two academics make a couple and both need a job. It's rare that one school has openings in both disciplines (or worse, two openings if they're the same discipline), so each getting a job at a different college is often the only answer.
I get the feeling Padma's folks are professors... making her a native, but still an outsider. When I was at Purdue in the 80's, the circles I wound up moving in were mostly professor's kids - locals, but they got a free education, and all their folks were "outsiders". Even though they went to school all their lives with the "real" townies, and had several as friends, they were still an "outsider" group that stuck together.
Society is bizarre, at best. And class systems are real, even in America.