I totally would. Where's the boxes so I can start packing?? I'm assuming in this hypothetical scenairo my house would sell in 30 days or less at a reasonable asking price. AND I could sell it empty rather than having to play this game where it needs to be "staged" and decorated to resemble pottery barn.

My family, while they all live in this town, have thier own lives.The grammas aren't the cookie baking grannies you imagine.They still work, aren't retired and are very busy. Sisters, cousins, ect all are working, in daycare, everyone is busy busy and we really don't see each other that much anyway.

the ONLY glitch to this beautiful daydream is my oldest is in middle school. It would be cruel and unusual punishment to rip her out of her school that she has gone to since pre-school. She doesn't really have a whole pile of lifelong friends that she couldn't live without, but here's the deal. Our state ranks very LOW in academic standards and funding. Our schools are known to be "easier" than some other states ( i know for certain schools here are easier than , CA, Utah and oregon) so It would be a real tragedy to move oldest dd who is considered "gifted" here to a school in , lets say Oregon, where they would probably make her repeat a grade.

however in 10 years, all the kiddoes will be out of the house , in college or whatever, and we're already plotting our move. until then, I think stability is important.

It depends if I am getting along with my friends and family, JK. No, I don't think I would move just so we can make more money. Money is not the key happiness. I love living frugally. Now, that I don't work I don't buy my kids new clothes because I find nice used clothes and sometimes I get them for free at the Pregnancy Center and Clothing Bank. I will buy some new shirts for my son when he starts first grade though.

We did this in a way. We were living in an area that was not right for us as a family on many levels. My husband took another job (his salary did double) but for us it was more important to be in an area of the country where we could have a life with our children and enjoy things. The money was an added bonus but was not the real reason that we moved. We were also very fortunate that his company bought our house after 60 days and we could make a clean break and move forward.

I wouldnt.My sister has tho and she isnt happy.My family and life is here and I dont think we would be truely happy anywhere else.

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I would love to move somewhere else, but I wouldn't want to have to uproot the kids, especially now that they are in school and making all sorts of friends. That would be the one of the reasons we wouldn't move. My hubby lived away from his family for many years being in the Navy, and I know he wouldn't have a problem with it. I don't live real close to my family, so I think I would be able to deal with living farther away from them,except for my mother is getting older now, she's almost 82, so that would also be a deciding factor on my behalf. Looks like we'll be staying right where we are for now!

We did move for more money 6 years ago and do not regret it for one minute. We live 12 hrs. from our nearest family. It was hard in the beginning but it was the best thing we ever did for ourselves and our marriage. It forced us to rely on each other and made us closer.

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Yes we would do it! We would have done it but dh ended up getting a job locally first. I just hope wherever it was that winter would not follow us We do love our families and they love us so they certainly would understand. With telephone and email I think it would be fine. I also think we would visit often.

Nope, I wouldn't move! as we have moved 10x in 14 years. The hardest move is when my husband was laid off from the National lab in NM after only living there for 18 months. He looked for 6 months to no avail. Then this opportunity arose back on the East Coast where we had moved from before moving to NM. GREAT pay, company moved us. I was 9 months pregnant. driving in a van 2 days before Christmas. Major ice storm in Arkansas. We arrived in VA on Christmas Eve with no furniture at 9pm. My son struggled in school. With 2 hours of homework a night. (seriously) ..... So to make a long story short. There is no amount of money that would have me move. My children's stability is to important to me at this point in thier lives. The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence

I would. At first I thought no because my mom is our daycare and she is here and then I realized if dh made double what he does now then I could stay home with my kids so we wouldn't have to worry about daycare and that would be so worth it to me. I would miss my parents a lot and I know my kids would to, but my mom works for the airlines and is now able to retire with full benefits and I assume she would probably retire and visit us all the time anyway. And my dad travels for work every week, so hopefully we would be somewhere that is part of his territory.

In a heart beat as long as it is still in the United States unless maybe Canada. Anyways we are so fed up living here and the whole being attached to family isn't happening. I know that's sad. We live in a mobile home and are hoping to find some ground or something maybe in Paragould, AR. As it is we won't be able to move until next year. My dh worked at Utility Trailer Mfg. Co. and is hoping to get a job there again maybe as a welder. I'll wait until my boys finish this school year. Hopefully next July we'll have everything figured out.