The Clifton's

Where, in everyone's opinion, is the best place to live as an unschooling family? And why?

Dina


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Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema

At 07:33 AM 5/10/2003 +0900, you wrote:
>Where, in everyone's opinion, is the best place to live as an unschooling
>family? And why?

Usually, we like to live at home...unless we're up-country, then we like to
live at camp... (at least until the yurt's up when I think the yurt'll be
our favorite place to live.) I mean, it's where all our dishes and
utensils and beds are. It's pretty handy and all to have everything right
there.
If we're traveling, we like to live in a hotel, because of the comfy beds,
cable TV and the soda vending machines.
We don't like campgrounds much - sticks and such under the sleeping bags! Ugh!
HeidiWD


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sorcha_aisling

LOL. When we had a family of three, we enjoyed living on a semi
truck for awhile. We haven't tried it since I was about six months
pregnant with the second baby. It might be a little cramped with
four people, but it sure would be great for unschooling.

Sorcha

jmcseals SEALS

I thought you were asking where, as in city, state, country, etc. Was I
wrong?

I'd say Texas isn't very unschool friendly. Well, I should say NE Texas. I
hear Austin is great, though!

Jennifer

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My opinion is the state of Michigan ...where we no longer live. There is no
reporting requirement so no reviews, testing, etc.

Regina


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Robin Clevenger

> From: "The Clifton's" <rpclif14@...>
> Where, in everyone's opinion, is the best place to live as an unschooling
family? And why?

If you're talking about towns, Eugene, Oregon is probably up there. We have
to test 3 times during the "school years" (3rd grade is the first test, and
two others after that) but hopefully the Oregon legislature is going to
change that to no testing soon. Other than that, there seems to be a fair
number of unschoolers and relaxed homeschoolers here, a good local
homeschooling group with lots of activities and cool parents to hang out
with, lots of involved dads (which seems to be the rule in this town in
general, we always see dads at playgrounds and on bike paths), great access
to camping, beach, mountains, etc. and a fair number of cultural events for
a town our size (130,000). Eugeneans use their public library more than
residents of any other city in America, and we just completed a brand-new
3-story library.
Other things I like about the town are the generally relaxed atmosphere and
the fact that all types of people fit in here, and kids seem to be fairly
welcome and respected. Eugene is a quirky town and I like the quirks. The
guy who does Tai Chi while bicycling through town, the guy who has been
selling Frog Joke Books for twenty years out of a little wagon, the 80 year
old woman who wears a tall Uncle Sam hat and a paisley dress and dances
through downtown. People seem to be taken here at more or less face value.
When my 3 year old dyed her hair purple this year, she got lots of
compliments, for instance. When my 6 year old approached a guy who runs a
local gardening store, the man answered all his questions and invited him to
come back and he'd show him how to propagate plants. It's just a friendly
kind of place. Also very environmental, which appeals to me. Hundreds of
miles of bike paths and trails and tons of people bicycle here. People bring
their own canvas bags to the grocery store, and stores advertise that they
use wind or solar power for their electricity. A local bicycle store gives
away a pound of tofu if you buy a new set of bicycle tires (which is a joke
on a much bigger car tire chain in the west that gives away free beef with a
set of car tires).

Okay, that's my pitch for Eugene today. We really love it here. It could
have a tad more sunshine in the spring and fall, and colder weather in the
winter (I'd prefer snow to rain), but that's my only improvements I'd make.

Blue Skies!
-Robin-

The Clifton's

Yes, that is what I was asking. Since we are military and have contemplated getting out, I started wondering what places would be the best for an unschooling lifestyle. If we get out of the military, it will be a few years from now though. It doesn't necessarily have to be in the states though. Anybody know anything about New Zealand?

Dina


I thought you were asking where, as in city, state, country, etc. Was I
wrong?

I'd say Texas isn't very unschool friendly. Well, I should say NE Texas. I
hear Austin is great, though!

Jennifer

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jmcseals SEALS

<<Anybody know anything about New Zealand?>>

It is amazingly beautiful! Oh and it doesn't hurt to sit around and listen
to men with a sexy accent! Yummy!

Ho-Hum,
Jennifer, stuck in the land of twangy cowboys

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Olga

> <<Anybody know anything about New Zealand?>>

My friends just moved there at the start of the year. So far, they
are very happy there. They have mentioned that the people are
extremely friendly. You feel comfortable just letting your kids run
around, barefoot and happy. They visited for 6 weeks first and
traveled around in RV--doesn't that sound yummy!!! She said every
where they went people talked to them and made them feel welcome. I
guess the best adverstising is that when they went to visit they were
not planning to make a move like that for about a year, they ended up
moving about 2-3 months later! I told my husband that we ARE GOING
there sometime in the next few years as we have an open invite.
<hmmmm> Just dreaming about next years tax returns already! I did
see a large homeschooling site for them listed somewhere, but can't
remember. It may have even been on yahoo??

Olga :)

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In a message dated 5-10-2003 10:32:03 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
jmcseals@... writes:

> <<Anybody know anything about New Zealand?>>
>
> It is amazingly beautiful! Oh and it doesn't hurt to sit around and listen
>
> to men with a sexy accent! Yummy!
>
> Ho-Hum,
> Jennifer, stuck in the land of twangy cowboys
>

New Zealand was, for many many years, my dream home. It is the most
successful socialist country in the world. Because it's an island, many
*American* items are very expensive, as they're imported. Now that LOTR
spurred our interest farther, I'm terrified of the volcanoes while completely
awed of the landscape the volcanoes have created there.

I dunno... having survived a *big* earthquake, natural disasters scare the
you-know-what right out of me :(
So now I'll put in my plug for western South Dakota, Eastern Wyoming [depends
on how you want to live] ... this is really the most beautiful place on the
planet. You soon realize why the First Peoples held this area sacred. It is
a blessing to be so near the Black Hills and I am excited to finally learn
about my father's family and TRUE history and make history by carrying on the
stories to my children.

I'm going to my first sweat this evening, it's a Mother's Day prayer and I'll
be thinking of all of you <bg>
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
“I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly
losing it's understanding of being human" John Trudell


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The Clifton's

Hey now, cowboys aren't bad either. Doing some Wrangler (jeans) watching can be rather pleasing. lol

Dina
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<<Anybody know anything about New Zealand?>>

It is amazingly beautiful! Oh and it doesn't hurt to sit around and listen
to men with a sexy accent! Yummy!

Ho-Hum,
Jennifer, stuck in the land of twangy cowboys

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