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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in New England and went to college in the south. I liked the experience of being far from home and was rarely homesick. I think it was educational to live in a different part of the country. I was a real culture shock for me at first. (I'm not sure it would be today; the world seems much smaller now.) I only went home at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and summer break. I never went home for spring break. I thought it was fine.

My mom, OTOH, didn't like it (although she didn't really share that with me). And I stayed in the south after college. So I left home at 18 and basically never went back except for vacations. I think my mom feels that acutely. She has never said so, but I think she wishes I had gone to school in the northeast, that perhaps that would have made more likely to end up permanently n the northeast.

As for me, I've been happy, but a part of me also wishes I'd settled in NE. Especially as I've gotten older, I miss my family.

So I have mixed feelings about this issue wrt my own kids. I will say that we have ruled out west coast/mountain schools due to the expense of travel and because that is just too damn far IMO.[/quote]

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