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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]only strange dcum parents care about rankings.  kids want to have a good time and great weather.  [/quote]

+1. Sun Belt is also booming economically, while Northeast, New England, and the upper Midwest are all dying.[/quote]

This.

Plus the astronomical cost of housing, childcare, etc. in DC, NYC, Boston, etc. are prompting college kids to explore other areas for jobs as well as putting down roots.

My kids from Dcumlandia opted for southern schools for college and they aren’t planning to move back home. They aren’t interested in scrambling to save up for a million dollar home with a brutal commute…surrounded by people who will make assumptions about them for living in the south or attending a southern school. They are over it. They remain liberal, but they aren’t interested in the DC rat race and small-mindedness. I don’t blame them. [/quote]
They are going south because they are priced out of the better cities like NYC, Boston, Chicago.   That's it. It's not because they love the south.

See up thread of applications to jobs by college graduates.[/quote]

Newsflash: NY, Chicago, and Boston aren’t everyone’s cup of tea.

We have relatives in all three cities. We like visiting. None of us would ever want to live there. All three are too cold. NYC isn’t a place I’d want to raise kids.

We also know a lot of younger couples who have left to head south. These are people with big salaries (and family money). They want more space, better weather, outdoor activities, etc.

Assuming kids who opted for school in the south are “less than” because they don’t opt for a few cities is interesting…and speaks volumes about you. [/quote]
um.. ok, but anecdata <> statistical data

I didn't say anything about kids opting for schools in the south. My post was about where grads want to work, and it's  mostly not in the south.

Some people need better data analysis and reading skills.  
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