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[quote=Anonymous]I am from a small town a few hundred miles away from DC. The people from my high school who still live there, and have their parents taking care of their kids, are mostly not the people who went to 4-year colleges (with the exception of a couple teachers, and a couple folks who work in the same architecture firm). The people who stuck around generally either have jobs you can find anywhere like teacher, nurse, trades, or service industries. It's a super LCOL area where you can still buy a house for under 100k, or a NICE house for 2-300k.

The people who prioritized education and a wider range of career options, well, mostly we all left. We didn't prioritize having a reliable job you could find in our small town and start by 21 if not sooner. We weren't thinking at age 18 that we wanted grandma day care, nor did our parents encourage us to.

My point, I guess, is that it's not just about marrying well, it's about what you teach kids about their lives and ambitions. Did you want your kid to plan around living near you forever, OP? Because that doesn't look like great schools, great career, great husband, in mu experience. [/quote]

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