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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
  You need to MOVE, move to a different state, small town---you know, where you can buy 5 bedroom homes for at the MOST, $78,000--yes, 78,000.....plus land to go with it.....NO REGRETS AT ALL !!!!!   Only a 15 minute commute. [/quote]
To a job in what field, and with what salary?[/quote]

And schools?? That so what traps us here, low COL generally means and school quality. [/quote]

People worry too much about this. I grew up in rural part of the Midwest. My bff from college (we went to a top national school) came from the best public schools in NJ. I graduated with a higher GPA than her (and yes, we both took college seriously). To a large degree, it is what you put into it. Was I a bit behind freshmen year, sure. Did I end up graduating in the top 5% of the business school, yes.

Your kid is not doomed for failure if they don't have the best schools ever.[/quote]

Yes, but didn't they teach you statistics in business school? The odds are less favorable. Peer effects are real.

And rural Midwest is generally fairly higher SES since its farmers who are essentially small business owners. I doubt you were going to school with from hands. [/quote]

There was maybe one farming family in my graduating class. If you want your kid to succeed, don't let them hang out with the losers, set expectations and encourage them to do their best. For the poster that brought up drugs - they are everywhere. The difference is in the rich schools, parents can afford better lawyers.[/quote]

1) so who exactly made up your graduating class if not farmers? Farm hands and meat packing workers? And most kids went to college, that's quite a school, where was it!
2) how old are your kids? By teens telling them to not 'hang out with loser' is a battle you may not win unless you clamp down their lives and supervise them every minute. [/quote]

1.) Did not imply that everyone had massive success - PP made a comment regarding farmers, I addressed that comment.
2.) [b]I don't have kids, [/b]but my parents did parent me. They didn't tell me that straight up, but they set expectations and followed through on consequences. The smart kids who are still there...their parents either weren't around or didn't care enough to follow through with consequences. Again, this is relevant no matter where you go to school. I went to a very expensive college and there were plenty of smart, rich kids constantly making bad life choices (drugs, etc.).[/quote]

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