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This post contains spoilers forLady Bird.
If youve seenLady Bird, youve likely marveled at the sensitive performances given bySaoirse RonanandLaurie Metcalf.
I hate California, she tells her mother on the way back from visiting West Coast schools.
I want to go to the East Coast.
The problem, though, is that her family cant really afford it.
For most of the movie, then, it seems like the college decision could go either way.
All in all, a happy ending, but we know something the characters dont.
Its 2003, which means that in a few years, the economy is about to take a nosedive.
The modest house that Lady Birds parents refinanced will plummet in value.
(She says she made exactly one friend.)
Certainly, going to school in New York worked out for Gerwig.
While studying at Barnard, she tried her hand at various creative pursuits and eventually landed on acting.
So, did Lady Bird make the right college choice?
