• My husband and I grew up in a small town in Southern Illinois. • Now we have four kids and live just outside St Louis. • We have access to more doctors, but there's also more competition for kids' activities.

My husband and I both grew up in the same small town in Southern Illinois. I distinctly remember visiting relatives in the Chicago suburbs and dreaming of when I could live somewhere with so much to see and do. Though I did enjoy my childhood, growing up in the country and spending hours outside, I craved something different for my own children.

After my husband and I got married, we settled into renting a townhouse in a town, two hours away from our hometown, just outside St. Louis. A few years later, we bought our first home, brought home two children, and then moved to a bi

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