Hi, it seems to me that you are in a same dilemma as me. I?m from California, so I will attend either Western or Touro, however either of these schools is better choice than going out of state because I will be within a few hours of my family. Now I agree that there are nicer locations, like you said the weather in nice California compared to NY, but hey no matter where you go you will just adjust (bullet proof jackets are now available to the general public if you want to go to western..ha ha.). But what about just weekends after a tests or some other time when you want to relax you can just go home, and go see some family friends or people you?ve known for a long time. Just so you don?t become too absorbed in what your doing and kind of keep in touch of where your from. I guess there might be a little bias here towards family rather than independence, but I guess that?s just the way I was raised?cool. bye