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[quote=Anonymous]Thinking about my family and friends groups, I can think of only 1 person who still lives in the same area where they went to college. I grew up in the south, went to college in the Midwest, lived on the west coast after college for awhile and now live on the east coast. Most of my friends also left the south for college but most of them have since moved back to our hometown to raise their families.

My kids are still young but I think when the time comes, we’ll encourage them to go to college wherever they want to be/what feels right to them. Of course I’d love it if they go to college close to home but if they don’t, that’s their choice. It’s their life. I do think I’ll encourage them to consider living close to family/friends once they’re actually ready to settle down and find a long term job/start a family because it is really lonely not having family & friends nearby now that I’m raising my kids far away from my and my spouse’s networks. We moved here for jobs and knew no one and it’s been very hard. But I don’t think college location is a good indicator of where you’ll eventually settle down more permanently since hardly anyone I know of lives near their college Alma mater.[/quote]

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