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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College should let you experience something new and different. Being raised in NOVA and staying in NOVA is neither new, nor different, OP. Help your kid break out of the bubble. He may end up back in NOVA after graduation, but at least he had a few years to expand his world view beyond the provincial environs of NOVA. It would be good for him.[/quote]

OP here. Thanks, and really appreciate this perspective. I generally agree, but college itself is a unique period in a kids life, and will be "new and different", wherever it is. For DC, with all they need to grow into, a school's distance from home won't ultimately be what makes it so.

My kid has been generally disengaged with the world around them. Its been part of their personality. They wouldn't have a clue where Vienna Virginia is, versus Woodbridge. And while I'm all about experiences, I believe its more important that for once, DC be in an environment that gives them a better shot at academic success than they've experienced the past 4+ years.

For his part, DC could just as soon be living in Charlotte North Carolina and would have little to no connection to the DMV, nor understand what makes it different. I would be ecstatic if DC could just get out into the DMV and experience it, something DC hasn't done. From there, DC has the rest of their life to "break out of the bubble" and explore areas beyond NOVA
 
Lots of people go to colleges near where they grew up. I grew up in Philly, a very provincial city. Though I left to attend school in VA, many of those I grew up with went to Temple, UPenn, Villanova, or the myriad of school less than an hour so away. Some have stayed, but others left after graduation. Bottom line IMHO, is that with some exceptions of course, provinciality will manifest itself regardless of whether a kid goes to school in their backyard or not.[/quote]

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