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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting question, OP, though the answer will depend hugely on colleges' locations and whether there's anything for college students to do (especially if restrictions continue) in their college town, or anywhere to work if they need a paying job, with college itself closed. Not every area has enough jobs and housing off campus to make a move like this work.

The idea did cross my mind, as DC likes being independent and it's been good for us all to live apart. But it won't work logistically. Even if the large town, six hours away, where DC's college is located did have much off-campus housing stock (it truly doesn't; students live on campus all four years, with almost no exceptions) -- no, we wouldn't send DC there to live. I totally get the idea of how it's better for some kids' mental health to be living apart from parents and vice versa! But certainly for our DC, it would be pretty grim to live near the campus without any of DC's close friends there,. Unless at least a few good friends were around too, DC would probably get very low, very quickly.

If there were going to be friends to room with, if there is easily rentable, available housing stock off campus, if the college is not hours and hours away from home -- it could work well, if the student will do the coursework and also is mature enough to stay healthy and follow guidelines.

Biggest factor is probably that DC's college is one where students are from all over the place. I can see how students from a college (like a big state flagship) where many or most students live within just a few hours of a campus might go back to stay off-campus. But DC's school has students pretty much spread all over the country, many hours from school even by plane. Harder to see them returning if they're not returning to the campus. [/quote]

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