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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious - if you or your child was raised on the east coast but went to college on the west coast, did you/they return back to the east coast after college or eventually?  I am worried my kids will go to college in California, fall in love with the scenery and never come home.  Anyone forbid their child from applying to west coast colleges?[/quote]
:shrug: my parents forbid me from applying (didn't stop me, but I couldn't afford UCLA anyway). Not sure how I would feel about it with my kid.

I think it is likely if they feel college is establishing them as an adult they'd stay, especially if they had a relationship. I know more people that stayed where they were because of partners or jobs out of college. That's what I did over here.

I know some people that moved after college struggled because they had a good network of people to help find jobs closer to their college rather than where they lived (saw this even with ivy league grads). that is much more pronounced with grad school, but can influence undergrad.

I'd assume that if they went to college near a city on the west coast, or in a more urbanized area, there is a higher likelihood they would stay. If they went to a college that was a...standalone college? for lack of a better description, one less integrated into a community, that was on the west coast, they might be more likely to return. [/quote]

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