George RR Martin needs to pick either a life coach, guru, spiritual advisor, hypnotherapist, monk, ghost writer, dominatrix, rabid fan, whatever… just pick one… & they will babysit him / keep him motivated & on task until the book is done. Dude is not getting younger. Tick tock.
I don’t care if there is some agreement with hbo holding him back. Enough is enough. LFG.
We currently live in SWFL. Relocating to the east coast for my son to go to college. **I am only looking for advice on areas to live.** We have already made up our minds, thank you.
He got his financial aid info back from the colleges that have his major. Not great news. Tuition is covered by the bright futures scholarship (yay), plus he got some grants & other scholarships, but we still owe $10-13,000 out of pocket depending on the school. Itll be way cheaper for him to live with me, rather than on campus.
I think his dream school, FAU, will be out of the running now because Boca is just too expensive for me as a single mom.
So we’ll either have to go with St. Thomas — Miami Gardens (area looks kind of rough though ?), or start off with two years of community college at Broward College (I think in Davie) or Palm Beach St College (Lake Worth Beach) then transfer year 3.
What are y’all’s thoughts on these areas for safety & “affordability” for apartments? (He has ADHD & needs to live close to whatever school he’ll be attending, otherwise he’ll be late for class with the commute).
I own a cleaning company & pet sitting business here in SWFL that I’ll be starting up again on the east coast. It grows rather quickly but I have some savings too.
**The schools in SWFL do not offer his major, so a relocation is needed.**
Edit: I have every right to be frustrated when people that don’t know the full situation are nitpicking & giving unsolicited advice. I asked about affordable-ish & safe living areas. Not to spend hours defending my life to strangers on the internet. I don’t feel like explaining that I was recently the victim of a predator & he went after my son too & neither of us want to live here any more. We want a fresh start away from him & the media attention. I don’t feel like explaining over & over that we can’t afford for him to live on campus so he has to live with me. I don’t feel like explaining over & over everything his therapist has explained to us because of his adhd & PTSD. I don’t feel like explaining how he can’t do online classes because he’s still messed up from the 19 months of virtual school back in Michigan from COVID lockdowns. I don’t feel like explaining how he’s still working through his ptsd from the predator & he needs to do a soft launch. I already explained FAU is out, but people keep saying just live in Boca! We can’t afford Boca! And there’s more. Trust my decision as I have all of the details. Stop nitpicking & just help with what I asked for, please. I thought locals would be more helpful as they actually live there.