No kids yet but haven't ruled it out. It's actually a great place to raise them. The local public schools are one town over and are very well supported by the diverse population in our valley. The high school actually has a shooting range for ski biathlon. https://methow.org/ edit: added link

A distressing number of rural towns in WA and CA are meth towns. Some of them are in the process of being cleaned up and gentrified.