Ask HN: Where to move within US?

Re:Ask HN: Where to move within US? by brudgers on Thursday September 10, 2015 @01:56PM (#10199504)

With two toddlers, public schools may be something worth considering. In both Florida and Georgia all school districts are at the county level. [1] This means that even the best local public schools are subject to county politics in regard to funding and curriculum and staffing. Consequently, while a particular school can do some things via PTA, there isn't really fine grained local control [e.g. people can't choose to tax themselves to make school funding a priority].

On the other hand, if public schools aren't a priority, then it's a bit different, I suppose. Keep in mind that Florida has low taxes and low services. Compared with NJ, that's probably true of Georgia and Texas, too.

North Carolina is another option worth considering if you're moving south away from snow.

[1]: My recollection is that Texas has school districts at the municipal level. You can google it up to verify.

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Re:Ask HN: Where to move within US? by madcaptenor on Friday September 11, 2015 @04:07PM (#10205878)

In Georgia _most_ school districts are at the county level. But in some cases a city has a school district independent of the surrounding county - often if not always this is the county seat. In the Atlanta area, at least, Atlanta, Decatur, and Marietta have separate schools from the surrounding counties. (In the case of Decatur, this fact explains a lot of the higher property values there compared to adjacent unincorporated areas of DeKalb County.)

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Re:Ask HN: Where to move within US? by photosinensis on Thursday September 10, 2015 @02:09PM (#10199575)

Texas school districts are independent of any other body with one exception: Stafford MSD (southwest of Houston), which is municipal. Some are county-wide. Some cover large territories of low density ranchland. Some don't even cover one city.

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