In her Nov. 9 online op-ed, “What’s the best place to raise a family? We scored every county.,” Youyou Zhou created a calculator to help readers determine the best place for them to raise children. Post Opinions asked: “What do you think is the best place in America for raising kids? Did you move for this purpose? How did it go?” Here are some of the responses.

The best place to raise kids is a rural, conservative area of a liberal state. Here in Northeast Washington, we have the best of all worlds: Laws are balanced, life is mostly affordable, and schools are fair to excellent.

Our kids, now grown, were able to live basically as freely as we did in the ’50s and ’60s, and many local kids today are not very restricted in their activities like they might be in more densely populated areas.

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