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Hi all. I'm going to be moving across the country to begin my MA at SDSU this Fall, and would love some advice about different neighborhoods to live in. North Park/Hillcrest have caught my interest, but my friend who I'll be living with seems keen on living downtown... particularly Little Italy. I didn't visit this area when I was in San Diego, so I don't know much about it. It seems nice enough, but I'm just wondering if it's too far of a commute to school? Also, there will be three of us living together who all have cars -- will this likely be a problem downtown? Hillcrest/North Park/University Heights aren't out of the question yet either, but I honestly don't know how to make this decision. Any info would be very helpful!

Thanks! Yeah, I've done a bit of looking around myself as well, and it does seem like it's possible. I just wanted to see if anyone had experience with the process, because I can foresee schools giving me a hard time about "just being a student" instead of an actual resident of the state. If you've had to do this before, let me know!

I've been accepted to both SDSU and CU Boulder's Speech-Language Pathology master's programs, but currently live in Massachusetts. I'm wondering just how possible it really is to establish residency in both CA and CO for tuition purposes, since the MA schools I'm considering as well are not state schools, and therefore potentially more expensive. From what I've seen around, it seems like it actually may be possible to do after just one year, but I wanted to hear if anyone had concrete experience doing it. It seems as though you need to get a driver's license/state plates on your car, register to vote, have a home (does renting count..??), bank account address, etc. (Here's where I found some of this info: http://www.ucop.edu/general-counsel/_files/ed-affairs/10-things-grad.pdf) Anyone who knows more about this, or better yet tried to do it themselves, please let me know!