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Shh.. Don't let them know I make the same tech salary in flyover country as in SF, but have good schools, and a 3600 ft^2 house for 1/5 the price.

by madengr 10y ago

DougN7 10y ago
Boy, no kidding! About 12 years ago I moved from the west coast to the midwest to a place I never thought I'd live. I can't believe the quality of life and work-life balance out here. My friends wondered if I'd have access to the Internet :) It's really perception more than anything else.
enraged_camel 10y ago
>>but have good schools Is that why the vast majority of "school decides to teach Creationism in science classes" type stories emerge from flyover country? http://arstechnica.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&q=creationism http://arstechnica.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&q=creationism Sort by date, then check the states. Ohio. Mississippi. Kansas. Idaho. No sir, you do not have good schools compared to the rest of the country.
- culturestate 10y ago
  Texas, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan account for 9 of the 25 best school districts in America, according to at least one ranking [1]. There are good and bad schools everywhere, and it's up to families to suss them out; living in the middle of the country does not necessarily mean living in an anti-intellectual backwater. 1. http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-districts-in-america-2016-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-districts-in-amer...
- dionidium 10y ago
  You can't possibly believe your own words. Am I to believe that you think every school in the Midwest teaches creationism? The ignorance and myopia in this thread is staggering.
- madengr 10y ago
  Sorry, never heard of creationism being taught in schools around here. Although we do have a replica of Lucy in the towns science museum, and I do have a autographed copy of Dawkin's latest book when he came to talk last fall.

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Shh.. Don't let them know I make the same tech salary in flyover country as in SF, but have good schools, and a 3600 ft^2 house for 1/5 the price.

by madengr 10y ago

Shh.. Don't let them know I make the same tech salary in flyover country as in SF, but have good schools, and a 3600 ft^2 house for 1/5 the price.

DougN7 10y ago
Boy, no kidding! About 12 years ago I moved from the west coast to the midwest to a place I never thought I'd live. I can't believe the quality of life and work-life balance out here. My friends wondered if I'd have access to the Internet :) It's really perception more than anything else.
enraged_camel 10y ago
>>but have good schools Is that why the vast majority of "school decides to teach Creationism in science classes" type stories emerge from flyover country? http://arstechnica.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&q=creationism http://arstechnica.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&q=creationism Sort by date, then check the states. Ohio. Mississippi. Kansas. Idaho. No sir, you do not have good schools compared to the rest of the country.
- culturestate 10y ago
  Texas, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan account for 9 of the 25 best school districts in America, according to at least one ranking [1]. There are good and bad schools everywhere, and it's up to families to suss them out; living in the middle of the country does not necessarily mean living in an anti-intellectual backwater. 1. http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-districts-in-america-2016-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/best-school-districts-in-amer...
- dionidium 10y ago
  You can't possibly believe your own words. Am I to believe that you think every school in the Midwest teaches creationism? The ignorance and myopia in this thread is staggering.
- madengr 10y ago
  Sorry, never heard of creationism being taught in schools around here. Although we do have a replica of Lucy in the towns science museum, and I do have a autographed copy of Dawkin's latest book when he came to talk last fall.