I think the exposure to Camus depends on the region of the country where you are brought up/live... being raised in east central Illinois we didn't cover Camus, for some unfathomable reason I could never understand, prior to freshman year of college, tho we studied such authors as Chaucer in 7th grade... I have also found, among those not exposed to him in our educational institutions, it depends on what a person's preference is moreso then region where they live, as far as study of philosophy goes... some find Camus enlightening while others find Rumi or the writings of Carl Jung to their liking.. tho in the long run I think it is all relative...