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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you can live on this area and not buy into the rat race. Yes I know peer pressure happens but the kids are fretting about TJ or college admissions generally have parents who are as well.  I know there are exceptions but this seems to be the rule. [/quote]

This is my feeling. Who knows how my kid feels (actually an interesting question) but for the most part I don’t get all these posts complaining about running around for extra-curriculars and whatnot.

My kid never did travel sports— actually never did any extracurricular that required getting in a car more than once a week. Never got tutored. Never had designer clothes. Did get starbucks once in a while but whatever. Ended up with some really great friends and went off to a great college.

My feeling is I’d rather have a good school and not try to get sucked into keeping up the jones, than live somewhere with really limited options for education etc and either live with it or try to supplement.

Most small towns suck in my experience and if you’ve really found one that doesn’t then congrats. [/quote]

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