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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With Alaska as part of this county, I don’t know why there are other potential options listed. People are never inside, outdoorsyness is a part of life for nearly everyone. It’s not, like, California outdoorsiness where sure it’s easy to be outside when it’s sunny and warm — these are people who go running in Subzero temps, whose facial hair freezes when they’re skiing, etc. And, there are many great schools.

(I grew up there. Nowhere else compares. I learned skiing as part of my public school gym class. I learned how to start a fire with sticks in high school environmental ed. I watched dogsled races as a 3 year old. I’ve caught and processed many fish, and know how to get around on a snowmachine and an ATV. I’ve been backwoods whitewater rafting, I’ve been on a plane with cross-body seatbelts. AND my family and upbringing was fairly ‘traditional’ by AK standards — most people are much more rugged)

If not Alaska, Montana is probably your next best bet. Maaaaybe the UP of Michigan, but you won’t be near any cities, small or otherwise, up there. [/quote]

Wow that sounds like an interesting childhood!

I lived for a year in Northern Wisconsin and feel like there's a similar lifestyle up there.  Lots of ice fishing, dog sledding etc.  And after work in the summer, people would go hiking instead of happy hour and all kinds of water activities on Lake Superior in the summer.[/quote]
I spent my summers in Vilas County, WI! I love it up there...BUT it's very...provincial. Hickish. I could never move there full time as an adult.[/quote]

Yes, I think that's the difference between Alaska and the rugged parts of Wisconsin and Michigan -- Alaska has all of those opportunities and you can still live in a fairly diverse, mid-sized city (Anchorage).

Was also thinking: Duluth, Minnesota, maybe? [/quote]

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