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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Schools have local networking opportunities though and your friends in these schools are often likely to stay in the rough area. I think it matters in the decision-making.[/quote]

Don't think the purported ability to engage in regional networking after graduating (something that's much less critical to postgraduate professional and social success than you seem to think) should be a prime consideration.   Not least because at age 18 few people have an informed idea of where they might want to live after college.    If one followed your guidance, people would basically either go to "T20" national-draw schools or -- the vast majority -- stick close to home to maximize their network (since they're likeliest to return to home after college).   And avoid rural schools.   And avoid "small-network" SLACs.   All of which is kind of the exact opposite of the mind-expanding experience college is supposed to offer.

What's especially odd about this particular discussion is that even if one were to pick a college based on that dubious criterion, the choice of going to Iowa (and easily settling in Chicago afterward) or going to Arizona (and easily settling in Phoenix afterward) is hardly a clear-cut argument for the Arizona option, to be polite.   (And before ideologues chime in to point out that Chicago's population is stagnant, its population of white-collar college graduates is growing -- there's never been a better time to be a young college grad in Chicago - and there are vastly more jobs in metro Chicago than in metro PHX).  [/quote]

There is actual data on this. 70% of college students attending 4 year universities are within a 2 hour drive of home. So yes, most people do go to school close to home.[/quote]

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