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Not sure if you know but things in the US are outrageously expensive. Childcare might cost 4k per month, a private tutor is ~50-100/hr, the best schools are generally either public schools in the richest suburbs or private schools that cost 50k/year. College even at a State University is going to cost $10,000 per year and at least as much for living costs so you are looking at ~$80,000 for a 4 year degree. >- A luxur…
I’ve lived in some of the most expensive cities in the U.S. Childcare at 4,000 is upper quartile of expensive cities. You’ll find many places where it’s half or less of that price. Private schools at $50k a year are either going to be boarding or some of the more expensive country day schools. Even Sidwell, where Obama sent his kids, is cheaper than this. And finally we get to university education. There are many sch…
Most of the people on this site aren't farmers living in Rural Iowa so idk how relevant the cost of living in places like that are.
>And finally we get to university education. There are many schools with merit based scholarships. Treating living expenses as unique to college is also wrong.
Not everyone is getting scholarship. Obviously that changes the calculus.
>Nothing is stopping a kid from getting a job in college!
This is pure boomer sentiment. I had a job every summer in college and through grad school, this was only ~10 years ago and it paid for exactly 0% of my tuition. It was enough to survive the summers and pay my rent during grad school that was it.