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10 Reasons to Live at Home During College

posted January 13, 2009 - 9:55pm
10 Reasons to Live at Home During College

Lodging during college is often a sticking point- dormitories and apartments are viewed as the best choices, but why? Living at home while going to college has several benefits.

1. Free food. Rather than ramen, you have unlimited access to snacks and leftovers.

2. Amenities. While you live in a dorm, if you want something you have to buy it. While living at home, you will have a full kitchen, microwave, television, DVD player, internet connection and phone service.

3. Family and friends. It can be desperately lonely to be away from home, where everyone is a stranger and you can't find anyone to talk to, go out with, or even cuddle.

4.Helping at home. Whether you might like to live alone or not, sometimes they are going to need you at home- when a family emergency struck last spring, the only way we made it through was my ability to help out after classes.

5. Pets. Dorms and cheap apartments rarely allow you to bring your furry friends along, and if you own a large animal, such as a horse, you absolutely cannot keep them with you at school.

6. Work. If you have a job near home, then you can easily get to work on days when you don't have school.

7. Sympathy. Related to friends and family- when your parents see you every day, they are more likely to do you favors and buy you things. My parents regularly buy me books, and do my laundry when I don't have time.

8. Emergencies. Food poisoning, the flu, a broken leg, an awful breakup- all of these can lay you low for days or even weeks. By living at home, you are virtually guaranteed someone to drive you to the doctor, heat you up a bowl of soup, and get you fresh tissues.

9. Privacy. In most homes, you have your own room, and sometimes your own bathroom. Even if you do share, at least you know who you are sharing with. An unending parade of roommates have spawned a thousand horror stories from my dorm- and apartment-dwelling friends.

10. Cost. Your family is going to have to pay the rent or mortgage on their home, no matter what. Adding another rent to the budget can seriously strain the finances of everyone involved.

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I can see both sides

aubra - Wed, 2009-14-1 12:11 am
I do realize that living at home isn't a good option for a lot of people, but I wrote this because I'm sick of everyone acting like I'm a pitiable unfortunate because I'm living at home. Luckily, I'm going to a college only about an hour by bus from home. We have livestock, and I enjoy the quietness of the country, so living at home is quite good for me. My brother and everyone else keeps ranting about how I NEED to move out.... so I decided to point out why I won't yet! As for parents moving with their children- that sounds even less financially responsible than dorm living!

I may have come across a bit brusque

jdubhub - Tue, 2009-13-1 11:55 pm
I am all for advanced education and all that, but, living in a college town here with California Polytechic and Cuesta College, I am around enough college-aged kids to view the whole thing as a rite of passage. There is just something about being on your own for the first time and learning how to be an adult. As for me, I went directly from home into the Navy and spent ten years there. One of my main reasons was to get out of the house, too. Even though I didn't get to experience college life, I got to experience things that most everybody else did not. JOIN US IN TOASTING YOUR FUTURE SUCCESS!

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MichaelJM28 - Tue, 2009-13-1 11:23 pm
I see your point, but in my case, I went to college to move away from my family! LOL! ha ha ha...Dorms do suck, but I had to share a room before I went off to college and never had anything of my own, really. Well, there was like one semester when I had my own room. Having my own space and stuff now seems kind of weird. I am like "What am I gonna do with this?" It's like you gotta buy furniture for rooms you aint even gonna be using just to take up space. In my case, my parents actually sent me money when I was in college, but by that time, I did not need it, so I would be like keep it. My mom would sent it, anyway. I also liked the fact that she sent me care packages and stuff. The emergency thing was a good point, though. I am handicapped and walk on crutches. I was four hours away from home and my crutches broke. I couldn't leave my room for a week until my crutches came. Well, except I had to hold on to the wall in order to get to the bathroom. That was embarrassing! Good times, good times. :)

Should parents have to relocate to make this happen?

jdubhub - Tue, 2009-13-1 11:16 pm
My son isn't quite college age yet, but this article's reasons sound like a case of "good for students, bad for parents". Parents spend 18 years feeding, clothing, housing, and being full-time caretakers for their children and in some cases are footing the bill for part of the child's tuition. Should having to take care of the child be an expectation until the child graduates when it is convenient in four, five, or six years? What happens if the child cannot find work after graduation? There are other options that do not create a financial hardship for either the child or his/her parents. JOIN US IN TOASTING YOUR FUTURE SUCCESS!

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