Should your student have a car in college?
Here are 6 questions to ask
When Maggie Kern’s oldest daughter, Zoe, headed to college in Tacoma, Wash., there seemed to be little need for a car. “It’s easy to get around campus, and I got her a subscription to a car-share program to use quick Bradenton payday loans a car when she needed it,” says Maggie, who figured her daughter could make the 300-mile trip home to Oregon by hopping on a quick flight or taking the train and meeting her parents halfway.
Unfortunately, parents who are sending their students off to college this year may have greater health and safety concerns about public transportation and some modes of public transportation have also become less reliable. (mais…)