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Interesting question. I haven't read through the full thread, but I think one metric you could look at is the number of quality state universities there are. California, Virginia, North Carolina, Texas all seem to have a decent number of solid public universities. New England seems to have lots of good public and private schools grade schools and high schools.
I understand that successful people come from all regions of the world, your influence over your child is the biggest factor in success, and that this country is cyclical.
But let's say your main objective is to be around your children when they're adults, if possible, where would you live? What would you be looking for? For me, it's the southern states:
Low cost of living
Has not peaked
Job and people migration
I think you'd have to look at Texas, Florida, Georgia or North Carolina? It feels like the coasts are starting their fade, am I wrong?
The Salt Lake City, Utah region is 1st for social mobility, so from a statistical perspective, I'd choose there. However, I am quite confident raising children pretty anywhere and think that Illinois is the most likely place for me to be doing that.
The Salt Lake City, Utah region is 1st for social mobility, so from a statistical perspective, I'd choose there. However, I am quite confident raising children pretty anywhere and think that Illinois is the most likely place for me to be doing that.
Why is that? Illinois is a big state. Are talking about Chicago?
Chicago is actually not a bad place to raise kids if you’re middle or upper middle class. It’s anchored by the University of Chicago and Northwestern, which are top universities that actually recruit a significant amount locally (more so than say Harvard or MIT in Greater Boston). UIUC is also a very good public university compared to say public universities like UMass, UNH or UVM in New England. The public schools are also decent if you can test into the magnet schools. The airport is a major hub so it’s convenient to travel and explore the country and the world with your kids.
The main negative with Chicago is that it is very segregated and very obviously so even to a child.
Chicago is actually not a bad place to raise kids if you’re middle or upper middle class. It’s anchored by the University of Chicago and Northwestern, which are top universities that actually recruit a significant amount locally (more so than say Harvard or MIT in Greater Boston). UIUC is also a very good public university compared to say public universities like UMass, UNH or UVM in New England. The public schools are also decent if you can test into the magnet schools. The airport is a major hub so it’s convenient to travel and explore the country and the world with your kids.
The main negative with Chicago is that it is very segregated and very obviously so even to a child.
Not that I get into the politicized dynamic, but are those “conservative” city school districts really just for the city proper? I’m only asking because a place like Jacksonville is essentially a county SD and Oklahoma City sprawls quite a bit in a way the “progressive” cities don’t. Meaning, it may as well be a hybrid SD.
Some may get into the aspect of standards as well.
The study looked at public school districts in the city proper. But you have a point about the big sprawling cities which obviously include wide swaths of suburbia.
Chicago is actually not a bad place to raise kids if you’re middle or upper middle class. It’s anchored by the University of Chicago and Northwestern, which are top universities that actually recruit a significant amount locally (more so than say Harvard or MIT in Greater Boston). UIUC is also a very good public university compared to say public universities like UMass, UNH or UVM in New England. The public schools are also decent if you can test into the magnet schools. The airport is a major hub so it’s convenient to travel and explore the country and the world with your kids.
The main negative with Chicago is that it is very segregated and very obviously so even to a child.
Chicago would be an easy yes for me. Probably in my top 5 of cities or areas I'd live in. Has everything you want. Ok, it's kind of flat, but there's gotta be some recreation there.
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The Salt Lake City, Utah region is 1st for social mobility, so from a statistical perspective, I'd choose there. However, I am quite confident raising children pretty anywhere and think that Illinois is the most likely place for me to be doing that.
SLC is hot in the tech world. I'll say it, it's kind of homogenous ?
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Interesting question. I haven't read through the full thread, but I think one metric you could look at is the number of quality state universities there are. California, Virginia, North Carolina, Texas all seem to have a decent number of solid public universities. New England seems to have lots of good public and private schools grade schools and high schools.
We moved to the Triangle of NC (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) coming up on 3 years ago. We didn’t move by choice, but are so happy we’re here. The future for our children seems so much brighter than in the St. Louis metro area.
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