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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I read your post with great interest because I could have written it myself!  Very, very similar situation with our family.  As you said, when the kids are little, it doesn't really matter, but as they get older, they do start to notice and question a lot more.  We adore our small-town family, but it seems like every time we go home, some cousin or friend or neighbor is pregnant and unmarried (again) or divorced (again) and it just gets really old.  Higher education isn't a priority and employment is sporadic, at best.

That said, I agree with the PP who said what really matters are your values and the other kids your children will be going to school with and seeing every day.  As our kids are getting older, I can tell they're seeing the difference in what we expect for their future and what life is like in this small town - very, very narrow.

And as for the PP who pointed out that not all small towns harbor rednecks and uneducated people - of course that's true.  I'd actually like to love in a small village like that PP described.  But the OP wasn't talking about an idyllic place in the country at all - she was talking about a very different atmosphere that I can completely relate to as I know that kind of small, rural town very well.  I just hope our kids see what is possible outside of that kind of life, and go for it.[/quote]

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