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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 562120" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Small city wth amazing international elements. Great university and a couple of factories so there is employment. Shopping and eating out offer both local and chain establishments to get a good variety. I can run five errands in an hour even if I have to drive to all four sides of town to do it. We are 90 min or so from 2 major cities and for the most part this gives us excellent medical care unless you are Jess or I with really strange bodies that don't respond normally to anything.</p><p></p><p>Our schools are some of the top in the state and do not have the financial problems that most districts do. We have a public education foundation that funds a TON and they tapped the top finance/econ and business minds from the university to set up very long term financial problems. We do pay under $40 per year for elem school supplies but we have ZERO supply lists to buy for our children when neighboring districts have entire pages with 2 columns single spaced, and starting in middle school we do have supply lists but they run about $50. No fees for school busses, lockers, sport uniforms if it is a school sport, etc... We have some of the top teachers in the state because this area is highly prized as a place to live and often if a univ prof is hired and has a spouse that is a public school teacher, the public school teacher's job is negotiated with pressure from the university. If the teacher has a lot of experience, they may choose to work in another district, but that depends on salary expectations. We have a very good university with major agriculture and other schools, and this draws students and professors from all over the world. Agriculture and entomology (bugs) and veterinary schools have HUGE farms and fields and herds etc.... and we have totally amazing influences from pretty much everywhere. </p><p></p><p>Our kids go to school with the most culturally diverse and rich group of classmates in the state. They often get things like sushi at school parties where each kid brings something! I know my mom used to LOVE going to the kids' class parties because it was a great chance to eat the best sushi prepared by people who learned to make it as they grew up - the way we learned to make chili!</p><p></p><p>I like that my kids can walk almost anywhere with little fear of being hurt by people, and that I do not have to be afraid to let my son use a public restroom without me. When we lived in OH there were ALWAYS reports of kids up to age 12 or so being abused in public restrooms, but it just doesn't happen here. I know quite a few of the cops, and it truly isn't an issue here. </p><p></p><p>I like that my kids have the benefit of a small town where the neighbors know them and will call us if there is a problem, and the top education that only the top schools in the big cities can rival. We have a wonderful farmer's market where you must PROVE that you have grown the produce in this state, or raised the beef, buffalo, chicken, etc.... yourself. You cannot go buy a bunch of vegetables or fruit and put it in your truck and sell it like you grew it the way it happens in many areas in the US. If you cannot show the board that sets up the farmer's market where your fields are and what you have used for fertilizer, pesticide, etc...., then you cannot sell it at our farmer's market. They cannot tell you not to sell it if it uses pesticides, but they do make sure that the pesticides are legal in the US and this state, and that you are NOT calling it organic unless it actually is able to carry the certification. Lots of the farmers grow heirloom strains, so the produce is incredible!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 562120, member: 1233"] Small city wth amazing international elements. Great university and a couple of factories so there is employment. Shopping and eating out offer both local and chain establishments to get a good variety. I can run five errands in an hour even if I have to drive to all four sides of town to do it. We are 90 min or so from 2 major cities and for the most part this gives us excellent medical care unless you are Jess or I with really strange bodies that don't respond normally to anything. Our schools are some of the top in the state and do not have the financial problems that most districts do. We have a public education foundation that funds a TON and they tapped the top finance/econ and business minds from the university to set up very long term financial problems. We do pay under $40 per year for elem school supplies but we have ZERO supply lists to buy for our children when neighboring districts have entire pages with 2 columns single spaced, and starting in middle school we do have supply lists but they run about $50. No fees for school busses, lockers, sport uniforms if it is a school sport, etc... We have some of the top teachers in the state because this area is highly prized as a place to live and often if a univ prof is hired and has a spouse that is a public school teacher, the public school teacher's job is negotiated with pressure from the university. If the teacher has a lot of experience, they may choose to work in another district, but that depends on salary expectations. We have a very good university with major agriculture and other schools, and this draws students and professors from all over the world. Agriculture and entomology (bugs) and veterinary schools have HUGE farms and fields and herds etc.... and we have totally amazing influences from pretty much everywhere. Our kids go to school with the most culturally diverse and rich group of classmates in the state. They often get things like sushi at school parties where each kid brings something! I know my mom used to LOVE going to the kids' class parties because it was a great chance to eat the best sushi prepared by people who learned to make it as they grew up - the way we learned to make chili! I like that my kids can walk almost anywhere with little fear of being hurt by people, and that I do not have to be afraid to let my son use a public restroom without me. When we lived in OH there were ALWAYS reports of kids up to age 12 or so being abused in public restrooms, but it just doesn't happen here. I know quite a few of the cops, and it truly isn't an issue here. I like that my kids have the benefit of a small town where the neighbors know them and will call us if there is a problem, and the top education that only the top schools in the big cities can rival. We have a wonderful farmer's market where you must PROVE that you have grown the produce in this state, or raised the beef, buffalo, chicken, etc.... yourself. You cannot go buy a bunch of vegetables or fruit and put it in your truck and sell it like you grew it the way it happens in many areas in the US. If you cannot show the board that sets up the farmer's market where your fields are and what you have used for fertilizer, pesticide, etc...., then you cannot sell it at our farmer's market. They cannot tell you not to sell it if it uses pesticides, but they do make sure that the pesticides are legal in the US and this state, and that you are NOT calling it organic unless it actually is able to carry the certification. Lots of the farmers grow heirloom strains, so the produce is incredible! [/QUOTE]
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