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It takes some effort, but you can have it (mostly) both ways. I live in a little rural town (Hillsborough, NC) that has farms in the woods and a great tiny down

by xnyan 5y ago

It takes some effort, but you can have it (mostly) both ways. I live in a little rural town (Hillsborough, NC) that has farms in the woods and a great tiny downtown with several really good restaurants, pubs, and even a tiny art scene and it's only 15 minutes away from Duke/Durham, NC with tons of great dining, shopping, events and so on. I'm sure there are plenty of other situations like this, nice semi-rural/rural towns on the edge of a metro and all it's services.

giantg2 5y ago
Yeah, most places I was looking at would be 30-60 minutes outside of large city, and only a short 10 or so minute drive to the local town. She told me one day that she never wanted to leave the current county (her home county). Now she is also determined to move into her old school district (much more expensive and more developed), even though the school scores aren't much higher than the current one and just with the money that we save in property taxes we could send a kid to a private school. Needless to say, this issue doesn't come down to having a rational discussion to find solutions that fit both of our criteria. I'm wrong, she's right, always.
- sprkwd 5y ago
  Think there might be bigger issues going on there.
- fsckboy 5y ago
  I'm guessing she wants the status of the more expensive neighborhood, and the better schools are just a lever to get there.
  - fsckboy 5y ago
    just to add on, not that anybody's still reading :) and a ritzy private school not only would not get her into the higher status neighborhood, it would potentially expose the family to more scorn for not living there
    - giantg2 5y ago
      It wouldn't be a ritzy one.