Debra Caruso

Cindy where in rural Va are you?I live outside of Keysville,Va.Deb in Va

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> Michelle,
> Sorry for the delay, I'm behind as usual. We have been living in a VERY
> rural area of VA for the last 3+ years, having moved here from the Charlotte
> area.
>
> I grew up north of Charlotte when we were still able to have horses and my
> grandfather had cows and a small farm, so I was somewhat prepared. The ONLY
> thing I've not become accustomed to is how just going to the grocery store
> or the library will consume your entire day. We live about 20 minutes from
> a very small town (1 grocery store) and about 40 minutes from a small city
> so we drive a lot.
>
> It takes over an hour to get to a "real" city which is where we do shopping
> other than Walmart/grocery stuff and where all our doctors are.
>
> One other thing I would recommend you think about before moving is to think
> about the area you're moving to in terms of lifestyle. I don't know a very
> tactful way to say this, but it's very difficult being open-minded and
> liberal living in a very conservative area. As I'm sure it would be for a
> conservative family to move to a overtly liberal community.
>
> There are lots of farmers here, but no organic farmers, no health food
> stores or co-ops. Everyone is "categorized" by the church they attend.
> There is no "sign-up" day for little league, you call the coach & ask to be
> on his team, so naturally there is always "the best" team. And virtually
> all of the homeschoolers are conservative, school-at-home Christians. At
> least in the city, or nearer to one, you can find more like-minded
> people.....I am the only unschooler here. Luckily I've made a couple of
> other more liberal friends, homeschoolers who are eclectic and open-minded,
> but we are definitely in the minority. And it's hard.
>
> Just something else to think about.....good luck with your move.
>
> Cindy
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Lisa Bugg

> Cindy where in rural Va are you?I live outside of Keysville,Va.Deb in Va>>

My daughter used to take ballet classes in Keysville. ;) We lived in Crewe
for 4 years. It's a small world isn't it. ;)


LisaKK

Debra Caruso

Sure is :)deb in va

Lisa Bugg wrote:
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> > Cindy where in rural Va are you?I live outside of Keysville,Va.Deb in Va>>
>
> My daughter used to take ballet classes in Keysville. ;) We lived in Crewe
> for 4 years. It's a small world isn't it. ;)
>
> LisaKK
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Debra Caruso

I am 45 minutes due north of Clarkesville,and 1 hour from Danville,have
you ever heard of those places?Keysville is a really small town,we are
30 minutes south of Longwood college and Hamden Sydney college in
Farmville.Deb in Va

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> <mama@...> wrote:
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> >Cindy where in rural Va are you?I live outside of >Keysville,Va.Deb in Va
>
> Hi Deb,
> I'm in Patrick County, not far from the NC border. The small city I
> mentioned is Martinsville, the small town is Stuart. We're about 20 minutes
> from the parkway.....where is Keysville?
> Cindy
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Debra Caruso

I live right off of 360 the interstate.

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> <mama@...> wrote:
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> >Cindy where in rural Va are you?I live outside of >Keysville,Va.Deb in Va
>
> Hi Deb,
> I'm in Patrick County, not far from the NC border. The small city I
> mentioned is Martinsville, the small town is Stuart. We're about 20 minutes
> from the parkway.....where is Keysville?
> Cindy
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