Moving out at 18

[Anonymous]

Did most kids move out of their house when they leave for college?

[Anonymous]

^Dont

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not unusual, but honestly going to college doesn't seem like "moving out" to me. Its like the summer camp equivalent of moving out or the study abroad equivalent of being an expat. Sort of cosplay adulthood. I am not knocking it obviously but its less "real world". Even though I paid for my crappy summer rentals and what not, I didn't feel "moved out" until I graduated and got a FT job and rented by own (slightly nicer ) apartment with my roommate.

I agree, I wouldn't count going to college as moving out. You still come home on breaks, the summer, presumably have Mom and Dad supporting you financially. To me, "moving out" is you are on your own for the most part. Not an inbetween step like college.

How privileged of you. Many people pay for their own college. So no, it's not an in-between step.

Not anymore they don’t. With exorbitant amount of tuition and the low limits on student loans, paying for college isn’t like when you went.

I knew very few people after freshman yr in college that went back home, except holidays and visits. Most students moved from dorms to apartments or shared houses off campus, go jobs, and worked part time through most school breaks and summer. No one was going back home the entire summer. Isn't this what most people do now too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Not unusual, but honestly going to college doesn't seem like "moving out" to me. Its like the summer camp equivalent of moving out or the study abroad equivalent of being an expat. Sort of cosplay adulthood. I am not knocking it obviously but its less "real world". Even though I paid for my crappy summer rentals and what not, I didn't feel "moved out" until I graduated and got a FT job and rented by own (slightly nicer ) apartment with my roommate.

I agree, I wouldn't count going to college as moving out. You still come home on breaks, the summer, presumably have Mom and Dad supporting you financially. To me, "moving out" is you are on your own for the most part. Not an inbetween step like college.

How privileged of you. Many people pay for their own college. So no, it's not an in-between step.

Not anymore they don’t. With exorbitant amount of tuition and the low limits on student loans, paying for college isn’t like when you went.

I knew very few people after freshman yr in college that went back home, except holidays and visits. Most students moved from dorms to apartments or shared houses off campus, go jobs, and worked part time through most school breaks and summer. No one was going back home the entire summer. Isn't this what most people do now too?

Where did you grow up? It’s always been common in the DC area for college kids to return to this area because this is a jobs mega center.

[Anonymous]

I returned home after my freshman year to work at my job that I had during high school. I had a medical procedure the summer after my sophomore year, so it required me to be at home. I graduated during the recession and stayed at home for a year and a half until I moved to DC. I've been here a decade. I visited home during the summer and Christmas