Flyover country schools

[Anonymous]

The schools suck and the youth sports scene is a joke unless you live near one of the handful of major cities. Flyover is flyover for a reason; it’s cheap for a reason; everyone with talent flees for a reason; professionals laugh at job offers from there unless it’s doubling their comp. Look at the fastest growing places, then look at the most in-decline places, and you’ll see pretty quickly flyover country is only going to continue sinking. Which begs the question, why attend college in a place you wouldn’t want to live in afterwards? It’s pointless and hamstrings your kid. Ex. Want to be in politics, go to Georgetown/GW/American/Catholic/Howard — not some random flyover college 800 miles away from DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The schools suck and the youth sports scene is a joke unless you live near one of the handful of major cities. Flyover is flyover for a reason; it’s cheap for a reason; everyone with talent flees for a reason; professionals laugh at job offers from there unless it’s doubling their comp. Look at the fastest growing places, then look at the most in-decline places, and you’ll see pretty quickly flyover country is only going to continue sinking. Which begs the question, why attend college in a place you wouldn’t want to live in afterwards? It’s pointless and hamstrings your kid. Ex. Want to be in politics, go to Georgetown/GW/American/Catholic/Howard — not some random flyover college 800 miles away from DC.

Actually, those folks are laughing at anyone who could only get into Catholic, GW, or American.

[Anonymous]

That flyover kid will ride academic success, athletic skill, and geographic diversity into the Ivy you so crave but your kid won’t ever see accept as a tourist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That flyover kid will ride academic success, athletic skill, and geographic diversity into the Ivy you so crave but your kid won’t ever see accept as a tourist.

^ except

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Want to be in politics, go to Georgetown/GW/American/Catholic/Howard — not some random flyover college 800 miles away from DC.

Yes, if you want to work in a bubble, better to live in a bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The schools suck and the youth sports scene is a joke unless you live near one of the handful of major cities. Flyover is flyover for a reason; it’s cheap for a reason; everyone with talent flees for a reason; professionals laugh at job offers from there unless it’s doubling their comp. Look at the fastest growing places, then look at the most in-decline places, and you’ll see pretty quickly flyover country is only going to continue sinking. Which begs the question, why attend college in a place you wouldn’t want to live in afterwards? It’s pointless and hamstrings your kid. Ex. Want to be in politics, go to Georgetown/GW/American/Catholic/Howard — not some random flyover college 800 miles away from DC.

or....not. https://www.inspectionsupport.com/resources/the-fastest-growing-metropolitan-areas-in-the-u-s/

God, some of ya'll are DUMB dumb.

[Anonymous]

Did you even read your link? The only flyover country growing is Mountain West and Nashville. The rest is a dying dump, especially the Rust Belt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Want to be in politics, go to Georgetown/GW/American/Catholic/Howard — not some random flyover college 800 miles away from DC.

Yes, if you want to work in a bubble, better to live in a bubble.

Yes, better for your kid to waste 4 years in some opioid bubble in flyover country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here. People from there do not mind the term flyover country. It’s kind of a point of pride for them and kind of used tongue-in-cheek by people there. Carry on using it, DCUM.

I’m from there and we think you are annoying and condescending you use it, but we’re too polite to tell you that.

I'm from there too and I think it's funny. You need a thicker skin.

[Anonymous]

We’ve lived all over the county. Literally in every region. I’ve had kids in too many schools to count. Five different high schools. There are good schools everywhere. You are delusional if you think otherwise. But if it makes you feel better, keep on believing that nonsense. The schools my kids attended in “flyover states” were about the same as the ones they attended in NoVA. No better. No worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you even read your link? The only flyover country growing is Mountain West and Nashville. The rest is a dying dump, especially the Rust Belt.

Right. The Mountain West is such a small area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Want to be in politics, go to Georgetown/GW/American/Catholic/Howard — not some random flyover college 800 miles away from DC.

Yes, if you want to work in a bubble, better to live in a bubble.

+1. OP's question is provincialism at its finest.

[Anonymous]

Well, one thing that might be important to a lot of people on DCUM--many of the schools in those states do NOT require the Covid vaccine for students.
To me, that is a good thing, and I am specifically encouraging my kid to look at some of those schools.
If it's important to you/your student that the school DOES mandate the Covid vaccine, you'll want to look closely at the specific school's policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you even read your link? The only flyover country growing is Mountain West and Nashville. The rest is a dying dump, especially the Rust Belt.

the op brought up Idaho specifically as "flyover country" -- fastest growing state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In OPs defense, it’s hard to imagine a child of the Big City adjusting to life in a remote dusty cow town like Chicago or Kansas City. Do they even have electric lights in Oklahoma City?

“ I went to Kansas City on a Friday
By Saturday I learned a thing or two
But up 'till then I didn't have an idea
Of what the mod'rn world was comin' to.
I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by theirselves
Almost every time I took a walk
An' then I put my ear to a bell telephone
An' a strange woman started into talk.
What next! What next?

Everything's up to date in Kansas City”