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[quote=Anonymous][quote]  My East Coast kid went to Iowa, and then to Michigan for grad school, and now has great friends, a lovely girlfriend, and a job with benefits lined up that is also in the Midwest (but not Chicago) and would allow him to transfer back to the East Coast if he were so inclined. Which he isn't, at least not for now. He knew he wanted to get away with the extreme competitiveness of the DC area, and avoid the schools to which some of his classmates flocked, and hasn't once suggested that he regretted the decision.

"Iowa nice" is a real thing, and the fact that neither he nor anyone in his circle of Midwestern friends and co-workers would likely waste more than a minute's time arguing over Iowa compared to Arizona, at least not as if their lives depended on it, is just one of their redeeming qualities.  [/quote]

This.  It's a pretty commonplace observation that Midwestern schools are less socially competitive than those on the East and West Coasts (and for purposes of their 'feel' Arizona and Colorado are now essentially part of the California system).   That's why, based on what she saw around campus and in the local haunts, my kid passed on UA, notwithstanding its real attractions, for a school in the Midwest (not Iowa, but it was higher on her list than UA).  Not a consideration for everyone, but worth throwing out there.   
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