Where to live in America or the world that's cheap with excellent schools?
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We live in NYC, I work in big tech, kids in private, feel like I'm going to burst into flames.
Looking to relocate, price WAY down, save hard. Possibly keep job, possibly get new remote job. Would love to live somewhere somewhat pretty, and only other thing that really matters to me is really really good (like A rated) public or very inexpensive private schools. Any tips? Do you love where you live or have lived that is like this? My proliferating gray hairs and wrinkles and stress related health issues thank you. |
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| West Hartford |
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| Or New Haven area? |
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| Northern Virginia the east coast silicon valley |
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| One of the cities in Hamilton County, Indiana |
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| Probably not as cheap as you’re looking for, but I’ve always felt the Philadelphia suburbs offer good value for the quality of public schools. |
Anonymous
I think your best bets would be California, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Massachusetts. |
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What university level are you interested in for your kids?
What kind of weather do you like? You need to narrow down those things so people can make a more focused case. |
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| How cheap are you looking for? |
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Hello taxes!!!!! |
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Property taxes can be quite high in these places (that's how they pay for the excellent schools) but if you are used to NYC housing costs it might not feel that bad. My PA family complain all the time that it's not worth it to live in the burbs with really great schools because taxes are so high, but they also think buying a home for less than like 600k is insane whereas if you live in NYC that's likely going to sound like a huge bargain. So it's all relative. One thing I like about Philly suburbs is that you can live on one of the close in, Main Line suburbs and be able to live a relatively walkable lifestyle (walk to train and take that into Philly, get by with just one car for family, most of these suburbs have little downtowns reasonably walkable from most houses, good density) while also getting good schools and affordability (again, relative to NYC, not relative to like Columbus, Ohio). We have been looking at that area recently. We currently live in DC and are frustrated with the rat race culture here and getting frustrated by the mix of ever increasing housing costs while public schools are mediocre to bad, and seem to be getting worse. But we don't want to give up walkability and an urban lifestyle. It's hare to find that balance. |
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Higher taxes and good schools tend to go hand in hand. That's why you often see people raising their kids in high-tax areas and then moving to low-tax havens for retirement -- good schools are the biggest, most tangible benefit of higher taxes, and once people have used that benefit, suddenly low-tax areas (with crappy school districts) look a lot more appealing. |
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| To have good public schools you have to have high taxes and an educated population. Those places are attractive to those that want that and are not cheap by definition. |
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New Jersey
Chicago suburbs |
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| Michigan-if you like the cold-- i do!, unbelievable nature and lakes and amazing colleges |