Hey y'all. I'm 36 years old and live with my family in the steaming pile of shit that is California. I have a wife, 1 year old daughter, and a 6 year old son who has downs syndrome.
We need to escape. Our family income is ~$160k and we're barely able to make it. Even worse, the special education services in our district stop at 3rd grade. Looking at state compliance with the Idea act, Comifornia scores a big fat zero.
Your wonderful state however is up at the top of that list. Add to that the cost of living and the vast rural properties that are a short drive from the major towns, and I'm about ready to start packing my bags tonight!
Just wanted to get some info from anyone who lives out there. How are schools overall? Weather? Natural disasters? Gun rights? If you have experience with the special education programs, what do you think?
The move would probably be in around 1 to 2 years, using that time to transition our jobs into full time remote work so we wouldn't even have to worry about switching careers ( my wife and I are around 50% telecommute already, and the companies have roughly agreed to the idea.)
So there it is, convince me to move to the state of house racing and bourbon. And always, MAGA!
We have always had open carry rights. Now we have the right to legally carry concealed. Both houses of legislature currently Republican. All constitutional officers EXCEPT Gov and LtGov are Republican. The previous Gov would probably have been re-elected had he not been such an asshat to teachers over pension funding.
I work in the school system. We have Sp Ed services all the way through grade 12. School systems vary from county to county. Some are outstanding, some are affected by the county poverty rate, and some are in the middle.
Land is comparatively cheap.
We have occasional floods and tornadoes. Not much else.
About every 10 years we get a hard winter. This year, Christmas Day was in the 60’s. You do need clothing for all 4 seasons (sometimes all in one day! You THINK I’m kidding...)
I have visited many places and had the opportunity to settle elsewhere. But there’s nowhere like Kentucky, for many, many reasons.