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Originally Posted by troutman
Besides your formal education, there is great value in leaving home as a young person for university - learning to cook, do laundry, budgeting, friendships, romances, experimentation. Growing up. I suppose you can get those experiences outside of a college experience, but these intangible things were very important in my growth.
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Only if you have rich parents, though. A young person should be minimizing their debt coming out of school, so I think you have to be mindful that this is not universal advice that applies to everyone, but only the financially privileged (or the financially irresponsible hah).
I agree that moving away and gaining independence is something very valuable for all young people, though. You can always take a gap year and work somewhere so you get all of the experience but none of the debt. I did a season in Lake Louise right after high school and loved it. Even came home with a couple thousand bucks.