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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -- just two points in our defense!

-Yes, you can get Lyme disease anywhere. (It's still pretty rare in California though!) However, there are definite Lyme hot spots -- like, houses with large fields where deer graze, near water sources, surrounded by ancient stone walls where chipmunks and mice live. That's our house. And this town in general has a measurably higher Lyme Index then most -- yes, the state keeps track -- and we have met many people who have been incapacitated by the disease.

-Are we being immature and impulsive? I'm quite worried that we are! However, it's so hard to separate what is the experience of the disease and what is just "the suburbs didn't turn out like we thought" syndrome. Would you say that longtime city people who moved to the far-out 'burbs and hated it after 18-months and wanted to move back were impulsive? Because that happens all the time. We might have gone crazy with boredom and isolation even if we were in the pink of health. It's impossible to tell. That's a huge part of this puzzle for me. [/quote]

The Lyme index in the town didn't skyrocket when you purchased the house.  You bought that house (not in CA) where there already was a Lyme hot spot.  What do YOU want to do?  If you just want to complain then please do.  Or you can start looking at moving. [/quote]

Actually, the Lyme Index of the town -- my hometown -- DID skyrocket in the time that I was away. Strangely, suburban development actually increases the incidence of the disease, and this town has became much more densely populated because lots of people like it. But you're right, I did not think to check the Lyme Index before we moved, because I didn't even know the disease was a big deal if you got it. I do now know several people, though, who selected their homes on the basis of Lyme-repellent features. People really do that, for real.
Please believe that I honestly do not want to complain. I have three kids and a job! We are on the verge of signing a lease on a city house nd I just want to do all that I can to make sure that we are making the right decision. Thank you for your help![/quote]

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