I am a mother of two kids.  One is in collage and the other is almost two years old.  When I bought my house there was many more business in the area.  We are now down to a post office, a small store, two banks, a second had store and a bar.  The schools are nice enough and the crime rate is not that bad.  However my second child is a boy and he is full of energy, I have NO yard and there is not many places he can play.  So I start on the journey of relocating my family to greener pastures!