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Beyond The Boundary: Past West Albany Graduates Explain Life Away From Albany

Many students in Albany have spent their whole lives here so it can be difficult to see how other places may be different.

Patrick Spence (Class of 2019)

Q: Why did you decide to leave Albany?

A: I left Albany with the guess that if I moved to the nation’s capital, I would have opportunities I would never be able to have in Oregon or in a large city.

Patrick Spence

Tori Thorp (Class of 2022)

Q: Have you noticed any big differences between Albany and the East Coast?

A: Oregon is very accepting. It’s like fairly odd, and there’s a lot of like hippie culture and art culture. And here, I mean specifically in Massachusetts and Boston, I haven’t really found that thing.

Tori Thorp

Illa McCaulou (Class of 2018)

Q: Do you have any advice for students currently in Albany?

A: I think Albany is a great place to raise a family., but I suggest that every young person tries living somewhere else just for the experience of it.

Illa McCaulou
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