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When Moving Back Home Feels Like a Step Backward
Growing up, I was so used to my surroundings. Loud cars revving, police sirens out the window, random yelling, homelessness — these things were normal to me. But moving out to a college town does something to you. My environment changed, and so did I. When you’ve built your young adult life around college and… — read more
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Nobody From My Neighborhood Did This: My move-in day experience
For three years, my college experience looked like this: wake up, commute to community college, sit in class, commute back, go to work, come home tired, sleep. That was the whole thing. No parties. No study groups that turned into something else. No spontaneous late nights or weekend plans or people texting you just because.… — read more