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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey, if you can survive [b]upper midwest winter,[/b] you can survive anything! Besides, tends to make for great stories if you move elsewhere.

This is so kid dependent, but I think college is such a great time to try something new. And moving away from home, even to live on a college campus, requires and fosters so much independence. There's no "bring your laundry home every weekend" stuff going on. If you have a car, you have to figure out how to keep it in working order on your own. Can't rely on mom and dad to bring you groceries every week. it makes you grow up a lot more, in a good way.

FWIW, I'm from suburban Baltimore, went to a "directional" school in Minnesota (they don't have directionals, but I didn't attend University of Minnesota, let's put it that way), and did my grad work in International Relations in DC. I don't believe for one second that going to a non-elite mid-western undergrad held me back.[/quote]

Nah, Ames isn't "upper midwest".  There is no comparison to Minnesota, North Dakota, upper Michigan and northern Wisconsin.  Your DD will be fine in Iowa.  Just tell her to stay off the Interstate in storms :)[/quote]

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