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So the main question I am seeking some feedback on - has anyone decided to just pick up and move? What has your experience been and are you happy with your decision?
Now the background of our situation:
We (married, 2 young kids) currently live in our hometown where most of our family resides. Spouse is a physician in a higher paying specialty. We live a very "comfortable" life meaning our priority has been to seek balance between work and enjoying time with our children. We could make more $ here but it would obviously mean spouse working more hours. I've been at my current position for a while (non medical/finance related) and have been very happy with it. To sum it up, we could continue doing what we're doing for the rest of our lives and be perfectly fine. We're comfortable, but not exactly happy with where we live. As I said, we were born and raised here. It's served us well but we always think about how we would want a different childhood for our children than what we had. To put it simply, there's just not much to do here. We've also had things happen in our lives that have made us re-evaluate our priorities.
We have some immediate family and friends in an "outdoorsy" part of the country that we've visited at least 3-4 times a year for the past 4 years. We've really fallen in love with the lifestyle and area and have been thinking about making a move. It's really been on our mind for 2 years or so now. We do think it would bring us happiness and allow us to raise our children in a different city with a different lifestyle.
And since this is mainly a financial forum, financially we would be OK. While COL would be higher, spouse would make more even working the same hours. Once the kids are a little older the plan has always been for spouse to pick up more hours. My job would be up in the air, however. I may be able to transfer within the company and keep the same approximate level of pay. And truth be told, my job satisfaction would probably take a hit as I have a very good situation as it is but I *think* that's something I'm willing to sacrifice.
We're financially responsible and aren't crazy spenders. I'm not really worried about the financial side of things, but it's more of a philosophical thing. We're very close to our family here and would miss them dearly, but believe they would come and stay with us for an extended amount of time throughout the year. We're not very "spur of the moment" type people, but deliberate and most likely overanalyze things. Has anyone decided to make a significant change from their comfortable lifestyle? Given that we're still in our hometown, a change like this is a big decision for us. While there would be some uncertainty (always is when change is happening), I think achieving the same comfort is certainly attainable.
Thanks for reading!
Now the background of our situation:
We (married, 2 young kids) currently live in our hometown where most of our family resides. Spouse is a physician in a higher paying specialty. We live a very "comfortable" life meaning our priority has been to seek balance between work and enjoying time with our children. We could make more $ here but it would obviously mean spouse working more hours. I've been at my current position for a while (non medical/finance related) and have been very happy with it. To sum it up, we could continue doing what we're doing for the rest of our lives and be perfectly fine. We're comfortable, but not exactly happy with where we live. As I said, we were born and raised here. It's served us well but we always think about how we would want a different childhood for our children than what we had. To put it simply, there's just not much to do here. We've also had things happen in our lives that have made us re-evaluate our priorities.
We have some immediate family and friends in an "outdoorsy" part of the country that we've visited at least 3-4 times a year for the past 4 years. We've really fallen in love with the lifestyle and area and have been thinking about making a move. It's really been on our mind for 2 years or so now. We do think it would bring us happiness and allow us to raise our children in a different city with a different lifestyle.
And since this is mainly a financial forum, financially we would be OK. While COL would be higher, spouse would make more even working the same hours. Once the kids are a little older the plan has always been for spouse to pick up more hours. My job would be up in the air, however. I may be able to transfer within the company and keep the same approximate level of pay. And truth be told, my job satisfaction would probably take a hit as I have a very good situation as it is but I *think* that's something I'm willing to sacrifice.
We're financially responsible and aren't crazy spenders. I'm not really worried about the financial side of things, but it's more of a philosophical thing. We're very close to our family here and would miss them dearly, but believe they would come and stay with us for an extended amount of time throughout the year. We're not very "spur of the moment" type people, but deliberate and most likely overanalyze things. Has anyone decided to make a significant change from their comfortable lifestyle? Given that we're still in our hometown, a change like this is a big decision for us. While there would be some uncertainty (always is when change is happening), I think achieving the same comfort is certainly attainable.
Thanks for reading!
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