Staying close to home vs moving further away

I am torn between staying relatively near to home (1-2 hours away) or moving further afield (3-4 hours away) when I go to uni next year.
I know I need to decide asap, as I need to get applications in, etc, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me their experience of things - how you have found it depending on whether you lived relatively near or further away...
Thanks!

Reply 1

buttercup_26

Further away definitely, wouldn't want my parents to call in on me unannounced, and it gives you a better sense of independence than the people who go home every weekend. Where's the fun in that?!

Reply 2

WhatTheFunk

have you found unis that fit both, and that you are happy to go to, thats more important
my uni is what hour, hour half where where i live, it plays no affect, parents don't turn up unannounced, i'm not miles away when i need to get home, each to there own, with you want to go further afield that is down to you

Reply 3

Anon the 7th

depends on you obviously

i personally went away from home but not too far and its just right for me tbh

Reply 4

lastplace

I think I'd go for far away personally. I like the idea of living somewhere else.

Reply 5

ormaybeitsjustnarcissism

Further away. I suppose technically I fall in your "staying closer" category because it's 2 hours by train, but I moved from Manchester to London and I'd still call that further afield.

It's much more exciting knowing I can't just ring up and be like "Oh there's not much on, can I pop up to see you tomorrow?" or any other things like that. It feels like a bigger step on, if you stay nearby you might feel like you haven't progressed as much; I would anyway.

Reply 6

thetopnotch

I'm about 3 to 4 hours away from home. If you had asked me how I found living further away from home last year I would probably have said great but then this year I wish I could have been just a little closer to home with my dad in hospital.

Reply 7

alexa123

It depends on you, but remember if you want to visit home/ go back in the holidays- 4 hours is quite a trek. Most importantly you need to pick somewhere you can see yourself living the next 3 years or so, whether it's 1 hour or 4 hours away.

Im about 2 and a half hours away, for me it feels like im ages away from home, probs about as far as id want to go to uni- i would have kinda liked it a little bit closer because it would make going home easier etc. but i love the uni and that's what matters the most.