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Move out of CT. Seriously it has its good points (beautiful foliage in the fall, quaint small towns etc) but the taxes keep going up up up. In an ideal world we would like to move to NC and ironically a job was posted in DH's company where he could transfer just this week.
I worry that we will not financially make it somewhere else since his salary will be less, at least here we know what we need to get by. Also we know how CT operates (not the friendliest but you don't have to worry about folks all up in your business) in the South it is friendlier, more open and that might not be our cup of tea. Then if we regret the move and want to come back with the housing costs as they are here, we might not be able to afford it.
The thought of moving is bad enough but also having to move two kids and all these pets....the stress of all that is not worth it right now.
I greatly admire folks that have the guts to move out of this state, it is much easier to just go with the status quo.
Unfortunately, I think money is more a factor than fear. I love to move. I would move anywhere, any time. My only holdback (besides money) is that I require so much medical intervention. All my "dreams" involve moving of course, because it's the one thing we can't actually do.
hi:
I would jump out of an airplane. But I'm chicken!
cheers--Sharon
Me too! No thank you. Have you tried parasailing? To me that is as close to jumping out of a plane I will ever get! Haha.
hi:
I would jump out of an airplane. But I'm chicken!
cheers--Sharon
Sharon, we bought my mental mother in law a parachute jump from 35,000 feet this year for her 74th birthday, and she LOVED it. If she can, my dear, then YOU definitely can!
Sharon, we bought my mental mother in law a parachute jump from 35,000 feet this year for her 74th birthday, and she LOVED it. If she can, my dear, then YOU definitely can!
I'd buy a lottery ticket.
I always feel like its such a waste of money and a colossal failure to even participate. So if I knew it wouldn't be a failure, I would definitely buy one.
I'd buy a lottery ticket.
Move out of CT. Seriously it has its good points (beautiful foliage in the fall, quaint small towns etc) but the taxes keep going up up up. In an ideal world we would like to move to NC and ironically a job was posted in DH's company where he could transfer just this week.
I worry that we will not financially make it somewhere else since his salary will be less, at least here we know what we need to get by. Also we know how CT operates (not the friendliest but you don't have to worry about folks all up in your business) in the South it is friendlier, more open and that might not be our cup of tea. Then if we regret the move and want to come back with the housing costs as they are here, we might not be able to afford it.
The thought of moving is bad enough but also having to move two kids and all these pets....the stress of all that is not worth it right now.
I greatly admire folks that have the guts to move out of this state, it is much easier to just go with the status quo.
I think I’d like to retire sooner rather than later. I’m getting close to being burnt out.
Moving out of NY would be nice but the kiddos are here and I couldn’t leave them. ♥ They are my heart. ♥
The Californian coast is beautiful @missy but I wouldn’t enjoy worrying about the earthquakes and fires.
id move to New Jersey or maybe even NYC
My husband and I upped and moved out of our home state (HI) which I felt was really scary too be had literally everything is a plane ride away and everything needed to be shipped to our new state (WA). It was scary. By luck I got a job in WA after college. I started applying everywhere a few months before graduation because the job market in HI isn’t that great and the COL is kind of insane.
When I was offered a position my husband quit his job to follow me even though he didn’t have anything lined up.
It was rocky! At the time I was working full time while going to school so we didn’t have enough time or money to fly up and check out areas we’d like to live in. Our first apartment here was not very nice at all but the combo of needing it to be affordable one just my income, pet friendly, and close enough to Seattle on short notice was a lot to overcome. No one wanted to rent to us and I remember at one point offering to pay all the rent upfront.
It was scary at the time but looking back at it now it was fun! We drove down to CA a week or two after we moved here. It was a first for both of us. I still remember our first night moving in with our giant boxes we flew up with us because I needed to cram in as much as possible since shipping from HI is expensive.
If it’s something you want to do I would recommend it. Everyone told us Seattle was too dangerous and it was as expensive as HI so why go, but it’s been so great! Just the experience of doing it was worth it.
hi:
I would jump out of an airplane. But I'm chicken!
cheers--Sharon