From August to May we pack up all of our belongings to go to school. We spend ten months away from our home. In college, school becomes your home and your home becomes your favorite place to visit. Home is where the heart is and our hearts are in Huntington. Here's five reasons why Huntington is better than your hometown.

1. Your Friends Are There

It is painfully hard to leave your friends before any break, but leaving them before summer break is the worst. You leave the people who see you at your best and worst. The friends that you make at school have become your family. Life is better when it is spent with them. You miss them knowing every second of your life because they check your location to see if you are at Drinko or Jake's without them. Your college friends hold a big place in your heart, a place that even countless FaceTimes cannot fix. We are a family.

2. You Call the Shots

While away at school, you choose what you do and when you do it. Home is not like that. When you return home you have to ask if you can go down the road, spend the night with your friend or that boy you like, and you get told not to sleep your day away. When you are at school you can walk down the hall and see your best friends, call them at 2 a.m. for a Cook-Out milkshake, or count on them to track your location but never question your decisions. We are young adults.

3. You Don't Get Questioned

"Who is that girl in the picture?" In Huntington, your friends know each other and you do not have to explain that the girl in the picture is Madison. "Why don't you have a boyfriend?" Maybe because I am focusing on school and the entire male population is too worried about if they are drinking Natural Light or Busch this Thursday to pre-game the social. We are making our own future.

4. You Can Eat What You Want

While at school you constantly complain that you want homecooked meals and that you hate the dining hall food, but it is a completely different story when you get home. When you get home, you want your favorite foods and will do anything to avoid cooking because you do not want to wash the dishes. You miss the $5 Cook-Out trays, being in walking distance to Chipotle, eating D.P. Dough on your way home after a long night out, and sleeping after Fat Pattys' burgers and wings. We are spending too much money eating out.

5. The Atmosphere Is Better

The atmosphere surrounding a college town is incomparable. Even on the worst days, you love it. When you are bored, you still have your best friends there. There is so much to do, see, and be a part of in a college town like Huntington. We are living our best lives.