[LaurenS]

We are unschoolers and live in a small town. For several other reasons, we are looking to relocate. We are having a little trouble narrowing down places to move to. DH works for himself at home so he has employment anywhere we move to. One thing we want to have is a consistent group of unschoolers to socialize with. We currently live in a small town (about 10K). We like the size of this town, though we realize that we probably need to move to a town a little larger to find this group of unschoolers. We definitely don't want to live in an urban environment. What are some good towns?

Thanks in advance

-Lauren

 

[Embee]

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Originally Posted by LaurenS though we realize that we probably need to move to a town a little larger to find this group of unschoolers.

Well, then again... maybe not.

We recently moved from a small town (8k) to a medium sized city. The small town actually had a bigger (relatively speaking), more active group of unschoolers. In general, the small town had a much broader appreciation for diversity in education (i.e., ask any two people in town with same aged kids and they'll tell you two different stories as to how they're going about it). We've found homeschoolers in the city yes, but no unschoolers as of yet. That said, we're not ones to actively look. We're happy in the city, but recognize that our old small town was nicely progressive for it's small size particularly in the area of "alternative education."

I don't know how far you're looking to move, this would be a big one but the small town I refer to is Port Townsend, Washington located on the Olympic Peninsula.

They have a well-organized network in town (The Peninsula Homeschool Exchange) where h/s u/s share information about events, activities and community beach/swim days among other things.

(We moved from "PT" for many reasons btw, but the h/s community is one thing we definitely miss, that and the beauty of the town and half the rain of what we get on the other side of puget sound!

).

The best to you in your search!

Em

 

[LaurenS]

Thanks so much Embee. From the little I read, it looks like a sweet little town. I wasn't looking at Washington State at all because I have bad asthma and have problems with mold. So this may not be the place. But I will investigate. Thanks again.

-Lauren

 

[mum4boys]

Mold is much worst is the south then it is in Washington having lived in both places.

 

[umami_mommy]

we just moved from a small town in rural NY to rochester. (okay we aren't quite in our new house yet, but almost!)

i am so happy we made the move. we stuck out like a sore thumb there since we didn't HS for religious reasons. we are so much happier being in a diverse community and close to all kinds of stuff for DS to do. our long term goal is to move to north carolina. we aren't sure where yet, but that is where we want to be, in the mountains.

eventually when the kids are grown, DH and i will likely move back to the country, but most likely in the woods... not farm land. for now, we think it's better for DS being in the city.

 

[Serendipity]

I live in Tucson. We have an active unschooling group with probably 30 or so families, but only 5-15 attend regularly. We also have a bigger general homeschooling group with lots of people of varying homeschool methods. I love it here, big enough that there's plenty to do but not so big that it's overwhelming.

 

[Arduinna]

If you have problems with mold I'd seriously consider the desert SW. There are a lot of HSers in Phoenix. Not sure how many are unschoolers.