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@commonsaychel, This will completely stump you as it does to many. My roots (stock) are a mixed bag. On my mother ah side its straight hungarain. But here is the thing. My grandfather ah was not chasdish. He was ashkenzish. He detested chasdim. (Not hate in like really hating other jews but for a lack of a better term I use that acronym). He was clean shaven, ate machine maztas etc. He was not happy the vien became chasdish. My fathers side is real yankee doodle american apple pie NY Yankees (or Brooklyn Dodgers!). Clean shaven, but challa to do anything not chasdish or litfish. despite being completely american. So hwnen people ask am I “heimish”? I am like does heimish mean father from Europe? Does it mean a mother with chasdish twist? What does it mean?

@Rocky/ @UJM, I think you both touched upon something. Overall living out of town, is a much simpler life. That means that its less materialistic and probably easier to raise ehrlicha children especially if you believe like me that metarlism is a distraction from judiasm and should be more shunned in our community. (This is definitely not the current “hungarain” belief who take pride in being “bal habatsih”). On the other hand because its more laid back simpler lifetsyle there is less of a push to be a super acheiver or the next top boy. Now if you aren’t top thats great. But sometimes people are zohech to have top boys or girls. They lose out on that potential often when out of town. (This is just my two sense)

Circling back to my question, I suppose I am asking more of a “yenta” question. I don’t have the option to move to the country or Lake front FL since I am not chasdish. But for those that do have the option what does FL offer other than nicer weather which in the summer becomes not nice.