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[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]

[b]It's always why Americans are increasingly lonely and we've seen a collapse of the family unit[/b]. 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]

This.  Definitely this.  I LOVE that my now college age students are within a two/three hour (depending on traffic patterns) of our home.  They choose to be home for every family celebration, often bringing a group of friends with them. We are so unbelievably blessed to have such a close family unit (both extended and our own) and we do everything to nurture our family gatherings to the max.  Family is everything and we count our blessings that we did not "screw" up in the parenting department.[/quote]

My Grown and Flown is 2K miles from us.  2 flights (lives near a smaller airport with 15 gates, and a 30-60 min flights to major hubs.  I've seen them last xmas for 8 days, 3 days when we had work within 4 hours of them, 12 day European vacation in June, 2 day family wedding in June (we flew, they drove), they flew home 3 weeks ago for 4 day weekend (worked remotely), just saw them last week as we drove sibling to college (stopped for dinner and drinks), will see them for 7 days at thanksgiving and 8 days at xmas.  So we see them for 4-6 weeks each year, just spread out.  They come to us, we go to them, we typically pay for airfare and plan to continue that.  But watching them thrive at college and now in the adult world, I don't regret for a moment letting them choose the college that was best for them

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