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[quote=Anonymous]It a high education, high income area.  So, parents put a lot of emphasis on their kids getting the best education possible, and families put a lot of thought into college selection. It’s a group of people who value a great college for their kid with travel over an okay college within an hour commute.

I also agree that many people aren’t from here originally.  I doubt DH and I are still in the DMV 3 years after my youngest graduates from college.  We definitely won’t retire here. We are only staying as it is for her to do her last couple of years of high school where she grew up. So, what the point in tying her here geographically?

Another factor may be that many kids in the DMV are pretty worldly. Many have travelled overseas, and have seen other parts of the country and often other parts of the world.  It makes places outside driving distance seem much less foreign.

Contrast my DH who had never flown before studying abroad in HS, and who went to college about 5 hours from home— which is the furthest he had ever gone. And our kids, who have been to several countries, and are comfortable flying alone in HS. One kid is headed halfway across the country for college next year. The other is looking at a program in Europe for 6 weeks this summer and wants to go to college in the UK.   Completely different mindset. [/quote]

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