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[quote=Anonymous]If she goes to a graduate school around here, she'll be back in the fold.  It's the last school/degree that presents the issue.

The school's network comes into play as well. Stanford will have more east coast connections; the others will have very rich connections in the LA area.

Also are you in the DC area, or are you in a town that is far enough away from DC (or a big city) so as not to be driving distance for a day job?

I ask because I left my hometown, which is a city 2 hours from Los Angeles, to go to school on the east coast.  I managed to make it back as close as LA but have never been able to get back into my hometown.  This has been many years now…since 1993.  For us, it's proven easier to go LA to DC or NYC than go big city to [the little city nearby the big city, but not driving distance to work in big city).

OP I've got two DDs and my plan is if they want me--esp. after they have kids--and they can't make it back to me, then I'll follow them.

There is one other trick up my sleeve, though (and I haven't figured it out financially so it might not work).  That is, to get a house to rent out nearby me, and then say if they want to live in the little house, then they can rent-free.  Sort of a carrot, if you will, to get them to think about moving back.  When I stopped being a student, started working and saw all the money being drained out of my paycheck for taxes etc, and how much things truly cost--like a house--this would have been appealing to me.[/quote]

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