The most important were weather related. Unreal, but my son got stuck 4x during winter storms, 3x at Philly airport. I got instant responses about trains being shut down, so could tell son to get a room one night. When he was stuck in NJ, and had to be in SF next day, people offered advice to get to a different airport by train, then fly to NC, and from there to SF.
There is no way we could have gotten this information, if not. For people living in these areas.
Came for the college information but stay for the café. Children are all in careers now. Many of us are of similar age with similar questions and stories. Best recent ones for me: parents caring for parents, retirement & financial issues, anything travel. Actually I enjoy the serendipity.
I have learned so much about the college process from many cc threads, but my most recent great experience was getting cc’ers to help me plan and execute a drive through the beautiful fall colors in CT. A great thing to check off my bucket list!