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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in MoCo and I do think the large size (both in terms of student population and in terms of geography) makes it a LOT harder to work through a situation such as the pandemic. I grew up in New England, where schools have mostly stayed open through the pandemic primarily because the schools are run on a town-by-town basis. It's a lot simpler when you're not trying to come up with a one-size-fits-all solution for 165k kids, hundreds of schools and a massively dispersed and complex transportation system. I doubt that will ever happen here since the county government system is how MD and VA are organized overall, but it would enable a lot more flexibility and nuance.[/quote]

Due to a number of factors, from remote work, to climate change, to education issues, and rural New England is going to be a very popular “exit” for lots of center left people in large urban areas imo.

Just like red people are leaving California for Idaho.

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Many of the Californians who decamped for Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are having a rude awakening according to may friends who are locals to those places. Most of the schools are awful, they are not used to the lack of resources and services, and the politics are far too conservative than they realized. The grass is not always greener. Winter is long. Locals aren't fond of the outsiders pricing them out of all desirable housing and there is far less to do in a place like Kalispell, MT than the Bay Area.

New England is a much better option than the west for folks who are trying to escape this region. The politics are far more palatable and - there is water, no fire season, and the winters are a tad less miserable. There are only 2.5-3 months of truly bitter cold in most of New England, compared to almost 5 months of misery in Montana or Wyoming.[/quote]

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