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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you're being overly dramatic - that's provincial thinking. And it's a mindset other people avoid. They spread their wings and head out into the big, wide world.[/quote]

It's always why Americans are increasingly lonely and we've seen a collapse of the family unit. Existing as islands in the big, wide world has had disastrous effects on society.

OP, I agree with you. Will push for my kids to stay on this coast. I moved away from home and it has been hard on my parents. My DH is not from the US and he finds the entire system completely insane. [/quote]

I agree. And ppl don’t think enough about this, esp as they age. There is an epidemic of loneliness in this country. And it’s in large part bc people move away from family, even if they don’t have to.

I wish we had more family close. But our jobs -taken when we were young- are not transferable to out small midwestern area. [/quote]

I moved far away from home for school and it was the best thing I ever did. My family is extremely toxic and I couldn't get away fast enough. Never had the desire to live close to any of them.[/quote]

I think this is the answer. Kids who want to go far want to do it for a reason. Kids who are from living homes who feel supported and valued and accepted for who they are don’t feel the need to escape. [/quote]

Going more than 2 hours from home is not "escaping from your family".  For both my kids, it was about selecting the best school for them.

Both kids wanted 5-8K size.  Our state flagships (2 of them) are 25-35K each.  The next state school has 15K+.

one kid is at a T40 school.  They are in engineering.  Only the 2 flagships have engineering.  My kid didn't want to do 30K+ students, fighting to get your major (engineering at the good school is direct admit but not to the specific engineering).  So they looked out of state and closest school was 2K away.  Most were 3K.  They would have been miserable at either of the state schools with engineering.  downright miserable.

Other kid applied 2K away and got into a school with direct entry DPT.  It's challenging to get into the programs both as Direct Entry or after undergrad.  When you get into a program at a great school (top 25 DPT program), you take it.  [/quote]

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