| There have been several recent threads on how to get stuff college when you travel by air. People with experience have been sharing practical tips, and I've been taking notes for this fall when our daughter goes off to rural Massachusetts from suburban California. It all sounds very doable.
I think the biggest issue from my parent perspective is that it won't be easy for our daughter to come home. With the time change and lack of direct flights, it takes all day to get to her college. She is fine with this in principle, though a little nervous about how it will end up feeling once she's there. My husband travels to Massachusetts for business once or twice a year, so he'll get to visit her in college if she lets him. He thinks it sounds fun to knock on her door and yell surprise; she thinks she'd like a phone call first.
Way back when I was going to college, I left an agricultural town of 3000 to go to college in east Oakland. The distance was only 50 miles, but the cultural difference was immense - I didn't know anything about cities. I got my purse snatched the second week I was there, when I was walking to the bank to set up an account. But I loved the variety and energy of the city and I spent all of my weekends exploring the area. I still liked going home for the holidays and bringing college friends for visits, although I wasn't used to the foghorns anymore so I couldn't sleep well at home :-). |