what is the significance of Ponyboy's statement"Maybe the two worlds we lived in weren't so different, we saw the same sunset"?

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"Maybe the two different worlds we live in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset." (3.18)

Cherry Valance gets Pony thinking about nature – something he already loves – as a connecting factor that doesn't care about class or wealth.

i think he says this because he believes that he is equal to Cherry and that even though they are sooooo different, they are the same at the same time. Like my crush... we are super different but... we're the same in a lot of ways... we all look at the same stars, same moon,