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[quote=Anonymous]My DH and I have lived in DC for 10 years--more if you count the time before we got together. We are both ready for a change and are seriously considering moving to another state within a year or so. We know more or less where we'd like to go and think it would be a good choice for various reasons (job opportunities, lifestyle, etc.). We have three young kids and think that there are a lot of good things about this location for our kids as well.

My big reservation, though, is that we would be moving away from my entire immediate family and also much farther from DH's parents. My parents and siblings are all within a 2 hour drive of DC and DH's parents are a 4 hour drive away. If we moved, we would be an easy and short (2.5 hours) plane ride away, but we would inevitably see them much less. My parents could probably fly down once a year, but they aren't that well off and some of my siblings would probably only see us when we came to to the DMV to visit. I'd certainly want to fly back to see family as often as I could, but realistically I'm guessing we'd probably only make it up 2-3 times a year at most.

Maybe it's the pandemic, but part of me really wants to shake things up and move somewhere I've always wanted to live and give my kids opportunites they won't have in DC, but I'm worried that if we pull the trigger, I'll end up regretting the lost time with family--esp. as our parents are older.

Any advice/thoughts on this?

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