From all of this, I guess as long as each person is happy with their housing and school district choices–all is well.
As we, and most of our friends with college grads have learned, the real proof of educational (along with other contributing factors) success (or lack therof), comes when they start looking for jobs. That’s where the rubber really meets the road. If they get to that point–and achieve what they set out to do–that’s what really matters.