Most Palestinians who came with the big waves of refugees in 1948 and 1967 had no choice but to stay in camps, at least for a while. Only the most prosperous people had the resources to settle outside camps. But many Palestinians from the West Bank established relations with the East Bank during the 1950s and 1960s. They went there to study or work, and had therefore already established a home when the 1967 War made it impossible for them to return to their families on the other side of the Jordan river. This group of displaced persons have thus not been obliged to move into camps as a result of an external crisis.
Social networks are naturally dependent on the type of neighbourhood.
Intermarriage is rare, and it is not unusual to hear that a father would not accept a Jordanian husband for his daughter. However, students are usually able to tell how many Jordanians and how many Palestinians there are in the class.