Works if your parents live in areas where employment is abundant. Otherwise you'll waste years of your life lowering your lifetime earning potential. I have per

Works if your parents live in areas where employment is abundant. Otherwise you'll waste years of your life lowering your lifetime earning potential. I have personal experience with this. In my first job, I had to move to a VVHCOL area and my salary couldn't cover my monthly expenses, even after I shared a room with a stranger. Eventually however, that opportunity opened up better paying jobs. My friends who stayed behind, unfortunately did not see such opportunities and the outcome 10 years down the road is very different. Obviously there's a lot more to long term success, but proximity to jobs is one of them.