Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181208003742/@comment-3257939-20181209052718

ChishioKunrin wrote: Maybe I'm just biased because I really don't want all of JNPR to just happen to all come from Mistral. It seems weirdly and stupidly convenient with no reason behind it. Exactly. No reason behind it so no reason to beat your head over this. As for why go to Beacon? Let's not forget it stands out as the best huntsman academy out of all four so Jaune probably thought "If I'm leaving home and have credentials to get in a school, might as well go for the best. Why not?"

Assuming that Jaune is from Mistral. Sure, his sister is living in Mistral but there's no evidence the rest of his family is there too. There's the mention of them going camping in that continent but it's weird that we didn't see them at all even though we traveled all over Mistral at this point.