VirginiaZee
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DH and I are planning a move... we're currently in the Boston area and are tired of the traffic, high COL, rat race mentality.
Ideally we'd like to move someplace with techie people, traffic that's better than Boston (a 45 minute drive turns into 2+ hours with traffic), mountains and hiking opportunities, reasonable COL (as in, a single professional can afford a house), mom and pop restaurants, and an airport.
We don't care about climate (we've lived in both MA and SC, so have had everything from hot and humid to cold and snowy), shopping opportunities, museums (only go to them if the weather is too bad to be outside), or a hip environment (though we do like both beer and coffee, so there is that ).
Given all that, where would you recommend we move (Internet bonus points if you provide a "why" to go with the answer)! (As an aside, DH works remotely, so can go anywhere... my field is flexible enough that I can find work most places, or go back to my retail roots to make ends meet.)
Ideally we'd like to move someplace with techie people, traffic that's better than Boston (a 45 minute drive turns into 2+ hours with traffic), mountains and hiking opportunities, reasonable COL (as in, a single professional can afford a house), mom and pop restaurants, and an airport.
We don't care about climate (we've lived in both MA and SC, so have had everything from hot and humid to cold and snowy), shopping opportunities, museums (only go to them if the weather is too bad to be outside), or a hip environment (though we do like both beer and coffee, so there is that ).
Given all that, where would you recommend we move (Internet bonus points if you provide a "why" to go with the answer)! (As an aside, DH works remotely, so can go anywhere... my field is flexible enough that I can find work most places, or go back to my retail roots to make ends meet.)