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[quote=Anonymous]I went to college near home in CA and still ended up in DC.  Now I feel like I'm part of a generational ping-pong game...I was born in the mid-Atlantic but moved to CA when I was little.  We always visited out here when I was a kid and I liked the area so I moved here after college (parents paid for an in-state college).  My parents and sister are still in CA.  So, we visit there a lot and now DS loves CA and wants to move there when he grows up.  So, if he does, and we stay here, will my grandkids want to move here? LOL

I'd prefer he minimize expenses by going to college here but if can go to college in CA for the budget we've set, that will be fine.  But, I don't want him to go into debt just to go to college out of state.  Clearly, from my example, you don't have to go to college in a region to end up working there.

OP, let go of the fear and focus on just having a good relationship with your kid.  Despite the 3K miles between me and my parents, we have a close relationship, talk regularly, visit as much as we can. We're 200 miles from DH's family and rarely see or talk to them, mainly because they seem to resent that he moved away.  I would LOVE to have my family that close, but only in the sense that I'd like it if they were 200 miles away HERE since I love my life in DC and never felt like I fit in CA.[/quote]

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