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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in northern VT and went to a middling high school. Yes, it was less stressful and less competitive, but there was also a lot that we didn't have-- and the adults didn't even know other kids had. College was a rude awakening because I never developed good study skills or experience with challenging material. Making the state championship in VT in whatever sport or subject usually means you still totally suck by Massachusetts or New York standards.

Do NOT underestimate the drug problem in rural areas. There is no drug you can't get, and everyone's on pills or worse. My high school class has many ODs already and I'm not even 45. If you move to the country, you're giving up a lot of the things that might engage your child's interest, and exposing them instead to middling academics or worse, and a ready supply of drugs.[/quote]

You don’t have to go rural to get a slower pace of life with a less competitive atmosphere.[/quote]

+1, people always act like if you leave DC, you must be moving to Hicksville, USA, but the people I know who have done it moved to Chicago, Spokane, Fort Collins (which is fairly rural, yes, but has other charms and is cheap AF), Portland (Oregon and Maine, both pricier than they used to be). Heck, I even have a former colleague who moved to Boston where she is from and even she said it was less intensely competitive and consumption-focused as compared to DC. I'm sure it's still worse than a lot of places but to me the fact that someone who lived in DC for 20 years would call Boston "more laid back" is a reality check on the culture here.

We are definitely plotting our escape.[/quote]

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