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[quote=Anonymous]We did it and have never looked back.

Left DC a few years ago for an up and coming city on the west coast of Florida. We were able to take our jobs with us - both becoming remote. I've since left that job for another remote job - my husband has been promoted at the same company.

It would not be easy to make up the same income in this city if we were to lose our jobs, but there are employers here - I know others who have moved to this city from DC, who now have good jobs at the local university and other employers.

We live in a wonderful house in a wonderful neighborhood, that we never could have afforded in DC. We have good weather nine months of the year. We have a laid back way of life, that I love.

We don't feel like we are living in the sticks. There's a very good art scene here - it's been written up in the NY Times among other places - and it's a progressive city. Not super racially diverse, but not a monoculture either.

I feel like these posts always end up with a lot of people saying that it's DC or bust because the rest of hte country is a stinking sh*thole (except NYC or SF, which is too pricey). That is not my experience. I've lived a lot of places, and liked and disliked things about them all. I liked DC, and I like where we are now better. [/quote]

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