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Anonymous wrote:It’s weird that city kids can’t handle a rural area. Seems inflexible and even unimaginative.

Before everyone slams me, I’ll say my kid is probably one of those. They want an urban school. It can be smaller than the DMV yet city is still preferred.

I lived in a rural area post-college and didn’t like it yet I’m glad I had the experience, because it made me more well rounded.

I grew up on Long Island and went to a rural school in upstate NY. I nearly killed myself. The only thing the town had was a movie theatre. People's ideas of having fun were either drinking until they puked, cow-tipping, or drinking and THEN cow tipping. I used to watch the 18-wheelers drive through on their way to Canada and fantasize about hitchhiking with them, just to get out of there. I lasted one semester. I was the only Jewish person on my dorm floor, and the only person who didn't drink. I was miserable.

You should have transferred.

You're the consumer of the college " product."

New Yorker here- thanks I needed a good laugh

Rather than fun activities, this comment is about academics - I went to a large state U, out of state. It was humbling. I had gone to a W school. Kids from no-where town would kick-my-@ss in a subject. What mattered was: most were paying their own way. They were studying their butts off. If they did poorly in a class, to repeat it, it was money coming out of their own pocket. Not the parents.

Hahhahahaha oh OP, I love that you think kids growing up in DC are so urbanite and sophisticated. Lol!!!

But to answer your question- it’s whatever they want. Some will want something different and others may want, you know, a city .. like a dozen cities that are far better and more urban etc etc than DC.

But thanks for a laugh:

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Anonymous wrote:OP, your post is one of the most annoying I’ve read in a loooong time, and that’s saying a lot.

Where does your kid go to college?

Let's say that NY/LA kids, even Chicago, do not necessarily look at DC kids as being cosmopolitan....

They sound lovely. As do you.

Anonymous wrote:OP, your post is one of the most annoying I’ve read in a loooong time, and that’s saying a lot.

Where does your kid go to college?

Let's say that NY/LA kids, even Chicago, do not necessarily look at DC kids as being cosmopolitan....

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t one point of college to have a different experience than one did in HS?

Also, most college students even located in cities cannot afford a constant stream of restaurants, concerts and major league sporting events like your kids’ high school experiences seem to have been. They go to Chipolte just like the students in rural locations do.

+1 Sounds more like a bored rich kid problem than a city kid problem.

Op here.

Thx but my kids have been earning their own Spence money in full since age 15.

Depends on kid. Kid #1 of mine is the same idea as OP - he is currently in college in a major city and loving it - uses the city and is happy with their choice.

Other kid doesn't like cities at all and doesn't like urban environment. He will not look at any schools like Pitt or GW that are really located in a city. He will likely end up in a smaller college type town as that is what he prefers.

Anonymous wrote:I do think it is a factor to consider. Aside from campus, how do they want to spend their time? Mine from a big city overseas, is in school in LA. And yes, the extra excursions are $$$. So factor that into decision making too.

Definitely a factor to consider, you need to know yourself. My DD wants a place with lots of hiking and other outdoor recreation close by. While she's accustomed to the city and the freedom to explore, what she really likes is hanging out with a few close friends at home or walking to restaurants, coffee shop, movie theater. She has no interest in going to school in a big city. She'd like a small town LAC, someplace with a cute town walking distance to campus but mainly wants quiet, wide open spaces, something completely different from where we live. I think she's influenced a lot by her love for her rural/mountain sleep-away camp.

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t one point of college to have a different experience than one did in HS?

Also, most college students even located in cities cannot afford a constant stream of restaurants, concerts and major league sporting events like your kids’ high school experiences seem to have been. They go to Chipolte just like the students in rural locations do.

+1 Sounds more like a bored rich kid problem than a city kid problem.

I do think it is a factor to consider. Aside from campus, how do they want to spend their time? Mine from a big city overseas, is in school in LA. And yes, the extra excursions are $$$. So factor that into decision making too.

Isn’t one point of college to have a different experience than one did in HS?

Also, most college students even located in cities cannot afford a constant stream of restaurants, concerts and major league sporting events like your kids’ high school experiences seem to have been. They go to Chipolte just like the students in rural locations do.

Anonymous wrote:As long as there is strong wifi, my kid is happy.

Best and true-est response!

Anonymous wrote:As long as there is strong wifi, my kid is happy.

As you can see from the Bethesda and Alington data, kids these days prefer city/urban setting schools.

Especially Northern VA and Southern MD kids who have lived all their lives in suburban areas.
Rising schools like NYU and Northeastern are benefitting from it.

All my kids wanted to get out of VA, and preferred a more urban setting.
I also encouraged them to explore other parts of the country.