One advantage of a rural environment is that the schools in our experience have been ready to accommodate our DYS daughter with a grade skip (only temporary relief) and telescoped Maths.
The downside is that in a smaller population there is less likelihood of finding peers.
That said, farmers, at least, are self selected over generations for being mechanically smart - you need to have smarts to fix things with what you have - no running to the corner store here! When you see some of their jerry rigs and hand built doodads for getting things done their ingenuity is apparent.
Last edited by madeinuk; 08/16/18 06:41 AM.
