Rory at Yale, living at home?
Mark London
writers don't succumb to all the shows that somehow allow the kids to stay at
home while in college. Besides which, no matter where their mythical town is,
it's impossible to be close to Hartford AND be close enough to New Haven to
attend Yale (BTW, do they ever mention if their town is north or south of
Hartford, i.e. do they say they are going down to Hartford or up?) It would
be cool to see how Lorelai would cope with being alone, and also interesting
to see Rory and Paris got to Harvard together. But I suspect it won't happen,
I suspect she will end up going to Yale and living at home to keep the show
going as is.
Mark London
M...@PSFC.MIT.EDU
AngLT97
>it's impossible to be close to Hartford AND be close enough to New Haven to
>attend Yale (BTW, do they ever mention if their town is north or south of
>Hartford, i.e. do they say they are going down to Hartford or up?) It would
>be cool to see how Lorelai would cope with being alone,
From the few references to Hartford in the show, I seem to recall Lorelai
saying that Stars Hollow is only 20 minutes away from Hartford. I'm terrible
with geography, so I will not venture to guess how far New Haven is from
Hartford, but in last week's ep, Lor and Rory will both able to get cab service
back to Stars Hollow. From this, I'm guessing that Yale can't be more than an
hour away from SH.
Lorraine Weaver
it is. I like Stars Hallow, and the interaction in the town, and the
interaction between Rory and Lorelei. It would change the whole premise
of the show for Rory to move away.
goodby...@iconoclast.c0m
I would also prefer to see her go away. I know she will eventually (as
in - when the show is cancelled and it's the last episode) but I would
actually like to see the show explore a separation. It would be more
interesting and they would likely have her coming home every weekend
anyway. I miss the fact that Chilton isn't as much of the show now so
her being on campus would recreate that element. Sometimes there is
way too much of the townies.
Dominic
"Mark London" <m...@psfc.mit.edu> wrote in message
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Well, if this series is going on for another few years, then she'll
obviously be going to Yale or there wouldn't be a show. If Loralai and Rory
aren't together, then it's not the "Gilmore Girls" - and the show would be
nothing without Stars Hollow.
But what shows have "succumb" to the child going to a close college? And
why is this so bad? If you ask me, it's pretty normal. I went to college
in my hometown, and I'd say that is not 'unusual'.
And I don't really care if they pretend that Stars Hollow is closer to some
real city than it actually could be. I've never been to Hartford or New
Haven, so I don't care at all if they aren't very close realistically. But
Loralai did say something about the taxi ride from Yale being her whole
tuition or something. So they acknowledged that it is far, but that
shouldn't stop them. My friend commutes an hour and a half every day to go
to his university. It can be done.
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Mark London
->But what shows have "succumb" to the child going to a close college? And
->why is this so bad? If you ask me, it's pretty normal. I went to college
->in my hometown, and I'd say that is not 'unusual'.
An old example: On Happy Days they all went to the same nearby college. A
more recent example is Buffy.
It's one thing if it's a school that is in one's hometown. It's another thing
if it's a long drive. Unless someone doesn't have the financial means to live
at the college, I'll bet any kid would want to live in the dorms at college
for not only the social interaction, but working on school work together.
The show would have to come up with a decent logical reason for her to stay in
her town. I guess seeing Jess would be one of them. The other might be that
she would still want to switch to Harvard, and so only cared about getting
good grades and not caring about other interactions with students there.
There is still the possibility that she could live at Yale during the week,
but come home on weekends. I went to UCONN, and just about everyone who lived
in the state would go home on weekends. Party night was on Thursday.
And what about Lane and Paris and the other girls and Dean? In some way there
will have to be at least some minor changes as to what happens to some of the
kids on the show.
Or kick Rory out, and have a niece come live with Loralai, like a girl version
of Jess. :)
Mark London
M...@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Mark London
->In a previous article, "Dominic" <NOSPAM...@wi.rr.com> wrote:
->->But what shows have "succumb" to the child going to a close college? And
->->why is this so bad? If you ask me, it's pretty normal. I went to college
->->in my hometown, and I'd say that is not 'unusual'.
->
->The show would have to come up with a decent logical reason for her to stay in
->her town. I guess seeing Jess would be one of them. The other might be that
->she would still want to switch to Harvard, and so only cared about getting
->good grades and not caring about other interactions with students there.
Or my wife just made the devious suggestion that Rory get pregnant and not go
to school! :)
Mark London
M...@PSFC.MIT.EDU
cws80us
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>
> But what shows have "succumb" to the child going to a close college? And
> why is this so bad? If you ask me, it's pretty normal. I went to college
> in my hometown, and I'd say that is not 'unusual'.
>
Good question! Off the top of my head, here is what I have come up with.
On the Cosby show, I believe it was Denise who went off to college and had a
spin-off ("A Different World"). Theo, I believe remained at home though.
When the BH90210 gang graduated from West Beverly, they all remained in
Beverly Hills and attended fictional California U. Oddly enough, the Saved
By the Bell kids (Zack, Slater, Screech, and Kelly) also went to a fictional
California U. when they graduated from Bayside, except their fictional CU
was in the San Francisco area not the L.A. area. Julia from "Party of Five"
moved away from home and went to Stanford when she got out of high school,
but Bailey remained at home and attended a community college briefly. The
"Dawson's Creek" kids all left Capeside after high school and are now in
Boston, some at Worthington, some at Boston U., some not in college. I
can't think of any other high school oriented shows that lasted long enough
for the kids to graduate from high school. Most of them begin with the kids
as high school freshmen so that can get in at least four years with them in
high school before they have to deal with the college issue. Gilmore Girls
began with Rory as a sophomore, so they're dealing with it a little sooner
than usual.
cws80us
Mark London
In a previous article, "cws80us" <cws...@telocity.com> wrote:
->
->"Dominic" <NOSPAM...@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
->news:fR_F9.9491$Fi7.1...@twister.kc.rr.com...
->>
->> But what shows have "succumb" to the child going to a close college? And
->> why is this so bad? If you ask me, it's pretty normal. I went to college
->> in my hometown, and I'd say that is not 'unusual'.
->>
->
->Good question! Off the top of my head, here is what I have come up with.
->On the Cosby show, I believe it was Denise who went off to college and had a
->spin-off ("A Different World"). Theo, I believe remained at home though.
->When the BH90210 gang graduated from West Beverly, they all remained in
->Beverly Hills and attended fictional California U. Oddly enough, the Saved
->By the Bell kids (Zack, Slater, Screech, and Kelly) also went to a fictional
->California U. when they graduated from Bayside, except their fictional CU
->was in the San Francisco area not the L.A. area. Julia from "Party of Five"
->moved away from home and went to Stanford when she got out of high school,
->but Bailey remained at home and attended a community college briefly. The
->"Dawson's Creek" kids all left Capeside after high school and are now in
->Boston, some at Worthington, some at Boston U., some not in college. I
->can't think of any other high school oriented shows that lasted long enough
->for the kids to graduate from high school. Most of them begin with the kids
->as high school freshmen so that can get in at least four years with them in
->high school before they have to deal with the college issue. Gilmore Girls
->began with Rory as a sophomore, so they're dealing with it a little sooner
->than usual.
->
->cws80us
->
->
Mark London
M...@PSFC.MIT.EDU
TXHorns79
incredible home! She must be making a fortune as manager of that inn
(especially since she spends so little time there) to be able to afford to live
in that house. I'm going to guess that Rory probably will go to Yale, and
either live at home or the writer's will create some reason for her to be there
each week. This is just because if Lorelai and Rory are not together, the
whole dynamic of the show is lost. Though it would be nice if they toned down
the town's quirkiness.
Meiko
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On Sabrina, they sent her to a nearby college (of course I can't remember
the name, John Adams or something like that), but she lived in a house on
campus w/ 3 other people. The aunts and Salem stayed in the house, but they
still interacted often (usually whenever Sabrina was having witchy
problems). And this season the aunts are gone entirely and they're all
living in the house together (her and her roommates, and Salem). :)
Brian
best-case scenario, if Stars Hollow is right on the way, it would be
only about 25 minutes from New Haven. Of course, if SH is North of
Hartford, it would be more than an hour.
m...@psfc.mit.edu (Mark London) wrote in message news:<30NOV02....@psfc.mit.edu>...
> home while in college. Besides which, no matter where their mythical town is,
> it's impossible to be close to Hartford AND be close enough to New Haven to
> attend Yale (BTW, do they ever mention if their town is north or south of
> Hartford, i.e. do they say they are going down to Hartford or up?) It would
>
> Mark London
> M...@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Emanuel Brown
>Oh you're acting as if this show is based on reality. Heck look at Lorelai's
>incredible home!
"Incredible home"? What are you basing that on? The place is a
small wooden-frame home that looks to be around 60 years old, in an
inexpensive area. It's so tiny that it looks cluttered with only 2
people living in it!
Richard and Emily's place, that's an incredible home! Madeleine's
place is downright palatial.
Emanuel
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AngLT97
>small wooden-frame home that looks to be around 60 years old, in an
>inexpensive area. It's so tiny that it looks cluttered with only 2
>people living in it!
On the outside, Lorelai's house looks huge. It has a patio around the house
with a front yard, and even a backyard that looks into another house. The house
looks like it's situated on an acre of land. But once inside, I do agree it
looks a lot smaller and cluttered. There is only one bedroom (Rory's) with
Lorelai's bedroom on the upper floor. I'm wondering if Lorelai's BR is the only
thing on the upper floor. If it is, it's a pretty funny looking house.
Still, a one-family house with front and backyards in CT still gotta cost quite
a bit, possibly something that's outside what a manager of an inn makes.
Terry McNeal
:What episode was Madeline's home shown in?
Season one, "The Breakup, Part 2".
Terry
Emanuel Brown
>On the outside, Lorelai's house looks huge. It has a patio around the house
>with a front yard, and even a backyard that looks into another house. The house
>looks like it's situated on an acre of land. But once inside, I do agree it
>looks a lot smaller and cluttered. There is only one bedroom (Rory's) with
>Lorelai's bedroom on the upper floor. I'm wondering if Lorelai's BR is the only
>thing on the upper floor. If it is, it's a pretty funny looking house.
>Still, a one-family house with front and backyards in CT still gotta cost quite
>a bit, possibly something that's outside what a manager of an inn makes.
They're in rural Connecticut, or at least pretty much what we call
ex-urban around here - out past the suburbs of the nearest urban
center, which appears to be Hartford. Places like that are pretty
cheap, in my experience. In fact, the fact that the yard is so big
indicates that land is pretty cheap around SH.
And yes, with the wrap-around porch the place does look big, I'll
admit, but the house looks like one I saw here in Chicago when I was
house hunting. It was a 2-bedroom one-floor house, but the attic was
huge for some reason - easily converted into another bedroom. Lorelai
and Rory's house looks that way - like it started out as a one-bedrrom
cottage, and someone stuck another room on top.
Yeechang Lee
> I heard Rory utter that she could live at home and go to Yale. I
> hope the writers don't succumb to all the shows that somehow allow
> the kids to stay at home while in college.
The problem with this idea is that in real life, Yale requires *all*
freshmen and sophomores, including townies, to live on campus unless
they are married (Hey, possible plot point!) or over 21. Some of you
may recall the "Yale Five" group of Orthodox Jews who challenged this
requirement in 1997. They didn't win. See
<URL:http://www.yale.edu/opa/ybc/v27.n2.news.11.html> for more
information.
> Besides which, no matter where their mythical town is, it's
> impossible to be close to Hartford AND be close enough to New Haven
> to attend Yale
Why? Yahoo! Maps says New Haven is about 45 miles or 52 minutes from
Hartford. It's been established in the show that Chilton is about a
half hour from Stars Hollow. New Haven could easily be within a
similar distance from Stars Hollow.
Yeechang, who lived at home while attending another Ivy League school
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> it's impossible to be close to Hartford AND be close enough to New Haven to attend Yale
What am I missing?
Your Name
example, a lot of people who work in London live in the surrounding
areas and take an hour, or more, by train or motorway to get into the
city.
After the company he worked for moved further out south, my father used
to have to drive (mainly on the motorway) for about 45min - 1 hour to
get to work ... and that was years ago when it wasn't anywhere near as
congested as it is these days.
