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My experience of rural life in north-central BC says that the kids mostly don’t come out fine. The people living out there by and large have rejected society. C

My experience of rural life in north-central BC says that the kids mostly don’t come out fine. The people living out there by and large have rejected society. Child abuse was rampant. A kid in my elementary class slept with farm animals to stay warm because the family was too poor to afford electric. Another was raising her siblings because her parent would fuck off for weeks at a time. Poverty, malnutrition, sexual abuse, abandonment, beatings, untreated injuries & illnesses, my classroom had it all. Most adults who fuck off into the hinterland are not well-functioning, responsible, productive people. Your 40k town and “sufficiently large base of other kids” do not describe rural living IMO.

jacquesm 4y ago
> Your 40k town and “sufficiently large base of other kids” do not describe rural living IMO. I did not mean to imply that it did. From Megapolis -> Large City -> City -> Town -> Small town -> Rural -> Isolated Is an enormous scale in experiences. My estimate is that the edges are the extremes in terms of downsides, which is why I ended up in 'Town' with my children. I've personally experienced all of the above (but, not all as a child though I can see just fine as an adult) and would not want to go near those extremes with children because I do not think I would be doing them a favor. Town and small town with a big city nearby are - from my perception - the optimum and anything else is more downsides than upsides as a kid. > Most adults who fuck off into the hinterland are not well-functioning, responsible, productive people. Yes, that goes for the majority. But I've also seen some awesome parents in locations like that, but that's a huge roll of the dice and still does nothing to change your surroundings.