Originally posted by: phray
in the first episode grandpa says something about spending Huey and Riley's inheritance to buy their house. i dont think we've ever heard what happened to their parents yet.
This is correct, but since we also find out in that episode that the bank owns the house, he most likely used the inheritence to take out a down payment and then got a mortgage.
And technically both Riley and Huey are quite smart. They just have different attitudes about it.
Riley idolizes the urban life and has this desire to still be "gangsta".
Huey is much more political and values academic intellect.
Also, Huey is 2 years older so he has learned a bit more.