[quote=flyer]BG, agree the job prospects for new grads here are more challenging than the housing situation–that is–if they are in a position to purchase their own home.
The parents we talk to who have younger kids, or those who have just started college, seem to be completely delusional about their kids job options here when they graduate, and then they wonder why they are so disappointed when reality becomes clear.[/quote]
I have a kid who is currently a college sophomore who graduated from a very good HS just 8.5 miles from the international border and who harbors no illusions about the SD job market, either now or in the future.
Hence, my kid(s) are and will be fully self-supporting in CA … just not in SD … and that’s fine with them … and me. I know how to get on the highway (or a SW Airlines jet) … and so do they as I had them on planes by themselves from the age of 11 forward.
So far, I don’t yet have any kids who are homeowners but I don’t discount that one day this will happen.
