Your comment is an excellent example of "what does rural mean?" Right now I live in a suburb of Seattle. I'm quite confident there's more opportunities for kids

Your comment is an excellent example of "what does rural mean?" Right now I live in a suburb of Seattle. I'm quite confident there's more opportunities for kids and kids' activities here than a rural area of the kind where you need to drive a long distance to get to a big grocery store, or where most people need wells for water. Any time I search for kids' stuff here it's like I'm drowning, in any big metro I think you're spoiled for choice. No disputing the costs though. Seattle is expensive as hell.