If you live in a city, you can likely attend a college from your parents' house. For those of us in rural areas, that is not even remotely true.
If you intend to attend college, but live in a rural area, you have to prepare for all the expenses of living on your own, on top of quickly rising college expenses. You need a place to live, a budget for food, possibly even transportation.
There is also a general wealth disparity, since the cost of living in urban areas is generally higher, wages in urban areas are generally higher. Because of this, the average (mode) person in a rural area has a much lower income than the average person in an urban area.
In a country where education is leaving people in lifelong debt, it's not surprising that those of us who are born in rural areas are left behind.
If you intend to attend college, but live in a rural area, you have to prepare for all the expenses of living on your own, on top of quickly rising college expenses. You need a place to live, a budget for food, possibly even transportation.
There is also a general wealth disparity, since the cost of living in urban areas is generally higher, wages in urban areas are generally higher. Because of this, the average (mode) person in a rural area has a much lower income than the average person in an urban area.
In a country where education is leaving people in lifelong debt, it's not surprising that those of us who are born in rural areas are left behind.