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I go back to Bulgaria every summer exactly because I want my kids to spend time in places like Altimir, not rot in toxic urban environments in the US. In fact, my kids spend their time in a much smaller village. They are around farm animals, they roam free all day long unsupervised and only come back when they are hungry, i.e. twice a day. My only worry is the ticks, but so far, we've been lucky, plus, I have Tetracy…
Where human populations are lower, there are fewer ticks that bite humans. Bits of woodland near cities and also with wild animals are where you should be most worried.
It makes sense.