Where in Central Illinois are you thinking of moving from. I moved from Carbondale, Illinois to Mountain View, California, what a difference!

I live in TN. I traverse the state monthly. Every other month, I drive from Memphis to Chattanooga. To be honest, I have NEVER seen a TSA checkpoint.
I have lived here for 30 years and I have to say, the cops in TN are pretty chill.

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SunRa  Wrote:

so i'm interested in moving to tennessee and spending money at the ecovillage training center there at the farm...
currently in central illinois living rurally...
concerned about the TSA highway roadblock check points and what else they might have goin on in the state that would infringe on my regular life...

who's got the scoop?

Both of our Senators voted for the NDAA, you have the TSA ranging up and down our highways at will, their talking about TSA check points at sporting events similar to airport screenings.

Then there's the religious fundies that trample everything that might be considered 'satanic' while allowing pastors to molest children and the gov to abuse it's citizens.

I'm thinking that finding a banana dictatorship on a small island somewhere in the Pacific or off South America might be the safer route to go right now.

And yes I'm in TN. Not far out of good ole Music City itself. Close enough to Nashvegas to visit but not close enough to have to deal with the crime.

this is what i want to do while in tennessee
http://www.thefarm.org/etc/courses.html

i am looking to relocate around columbia, keepin it rural tho

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Both of our Senators voted for the NDAA, you have the TSA ranging up and down our highways at will, their talking about TSA check points at sporting events similar to airport screenings.

Then there's the religious fundies that trample everything that might be considered 'satanic' while allowing pastors to molest children and the gov to abuse it's citizens.

I'm thinking that finding a banana dictatorship on a small island somewhere in the Pacific or off South America might be the safer route to go right now.

And yes I'm in TN. Not far out of good ole Music City itself. Close enough to Nashvegas to visit but not close enough to have to deal with the crime.

this is what i want to do while in tennessee
http://www.thefarm.org/etc/courses.html

i am looking to relocate around columbia, keepin it rural tho

We don't have the same sort of gang problem that places like NY, Boston or LA has but we've had a few issues with it in Nashville recently.

Columbia seems ok as long as your not right in downtown. We live on the flip side of Nashville from there so I'm not overly familiar with it.

Bookmarked the link. Looks interesting.

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Where in Central Illinois are you thinking of moving from. I moved from Carbondale, Illinois to Mountain View, California, what a difference!

i am from san diego california and have had several years living in arizona (phx area and surrounding) at different times... i've also lived in mississippi for a one year stint long long time ago...

i do SOOOOO want to move back to the west coast, but i want to learn these skills at this ecovillage training center... i also may decide to learn midwifery at the midwife center they have there...

we are thinking a two or three year stay to take courses/workshops and apprenticeships then go back west

SunRa  Wrote:

so i'm interested in moving to tennessee and spending money at the ecovillage training center there at the farm...
currently in central illinois living rurally...
concerned about the TSA highway roadblock check points and what else they might have goin on in the state that would infringe on my regular life...

who's got the scoop?

I live 10 minutes from THE FARM, been there many times, what do you want to know?

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SunRa  Wrote:

so i'm interested in moving to tennessee and spending money at the ecovillage training center there at the farm...
currently in central illinois living rurally...
concerned about the TSA highway roadblock check points and what else they might have goin on in the state that would infringe on my regular life...

who's got the scoop?

Interesting, how close to the Cahokia mounds are you right not SunRa?

about 150 miles... lets not talk about mounds right now.. there's a few less than 30 miles from here

SunRa  Wrote:

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Where in Central Illinois are you thinking of moving from. I moved from Carbondale, Illinois to Mountain View, California, what a difference!

i am from san diego california and have had several years living in arizona (phx area and surrounding) at different times... i've also lived in mississippi for a one year stint long long time ago...

i do SOOOOO want to move back to the west coast, but i want to learn these skills at this ecovillage training center... i also may decide to learn midwifery at the midwife center they have there...

we are thinking a two or three year stay to take courses/workshops and apprenticeships then go back west

SunRA: Don't be in such of a hurry to come out here, there is a different vibe out here, its not like it was, lots of floks moving to different locations too.

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SunRa  Wrote:

this is what i want to do while in tennessee
http://www.thefarm.org/etc/courses.html

i am looking to relocate around columbia, keepin it rural tho

We don't have the same sort of gang problem that places like NY, Boston or LA has but we've had a few issues with it in Nashville recently.

Columbia seems ok as long as your not right in downtown. We live on the flip side of Nashville from there so I'm not overly familiar with it.

Bookmarked the link. Looks interesting.

Columbia is Too busy and Too Dark.. Mt Pleasant or Summertown is the place to be.

SunRa  Wrote:

LoP Guest  Wrote:

Where in Central Illinois are you thinking of moving from. I moved from Carbondale, Illinois to Mountain View, California, what a difference!

i am from san diego california and have had several years living in arizona (phx area and surrounding) at different times... i've also lived in mississippi for a one year stint long long time ago...

i do SOOOOO want to move back to the west coast, but i want to learn these skills at this ecovillage training center... i also may decide to learn midwifery at the midwife center they have there...

we are thinking a two or three year stay to take courses/workshops and apprenticeships then go back west

SunRA: Don't be in such of a hurry to come out here, there is a different vibe out here, its not like it was, lots of floks moving to different locations too.

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SunRa  Wrote:

so i'm interested in moving to tennessee and spending money at the ecovillage training center there at the farm...
currently in central illinois living rurally...
concerned about the TSA highway roadblock check points and what else they might have goin on in the state that would infringe on my regular life...

who's got the scoop?

I live 10 minutes from THE FARM, been there many times, what do you want to know?

i want to know if it's worth the money to apply for the apprenticeships and take the workshops... i am also interested in their school's community interaction (the K-12) with the rest of the homeschool community in the area...

we've been checking out the area remotely here the last week... in columbia the housing is about the same prices as here, but i can't find too many rural listings and nothing further south/west than columbia... my husband found job listings for the same type of work he is doing here...

i'm done with BT/Monsanto cattle feed corn and soy... it sucks here...

know anyone who's taken the midwifery at ina may's midwifery edu center?

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Interesting, how close to the Cahokia mounds are you right not SunRa?

about 150 miles... lets not talk about mounds right now.. there's a few less than 30 miles from here

May I ask why you don't want to talk about them ? Not trying to be rude just curious.