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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in my mid 50s. Boy, that went fast. By "that", I mean my 20s, 30s, 40s. In the blink of an eye they were over, gone. You get into your 50s and start looking back on where you could have squeezed more enjoyment out of life. How you were so afraid to change, because of how it would look to other people instead of how it would make you feel. How you were afraid to take that chance that one time (such as relocating) that would have been a fork in the road that took you to something better. You can't see it now, but you will.

I would move and try something new.[/quote]

Alternatively, OP will hit her mid-50s stuck in a low-paying rural job she dislikes, without enough savings for looming retirement and college tuition, and facing aging in a rural locality her children will not want to visit. [/quote]

Yeah, this is where my parents are in their 60s. They feel very stuck, they are in great shape to retire where they are but don't have family nearby; their friends are increasingly moving away to where their kids are, but their home wouldn't get them housing in the DMV, it's just not worth enough.

I like to visit and do wish we lived closer now, but i spent my teens and early adult life just wanting to get out of my 5000 person town where jobs are very limited, and it's not easy to go back if you're not a teacher, nurse, blue collar, or one specific type of engineer (company town). I have always had that in mind when thinking about raising my kids in a small town. [/quote]

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