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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you for all the responses, advice, and personal experiences.

For those asking about my husband, he is not opposed to leaving this area. He doesn't love it either, and he realizes we could be more comfortable in another area. Would my hometown be the ideal location to move for either of us? To be honest, probably not. I'd love to move to a place like charleston, but we'd be far from family and COL isn't any better. A move like that might have to be in our 2nd act.
 But the perk of my hometwon is the COL, great public schools, grandparents near by, plus a community feel that you don't get here. We did explore a town closer to where my husband grew up (his parents have since moved, so that would not be a perk). But the public schools were not great, and we'd have to go private. We weren't against this, but we have a quirky kid with some learning disabilities and were worried the private school would not be a good fit. Plus, even with COL being less in his home town for three kids private school is still a significant expense.

And I have friends that have moved back to my hometown, so I have first hand knowledge of how it is. BUT I do worry that I have "rose colored glasses" on. We wouldn't make the move till we fully explored.

Thank you for the comment about the quirky kid. I do worry about this. And is really the main driving force keeping us in this area. But our quirky kid also has a lot of needs (and a lot of emotions), and I wonder if having support from family would help all of our mental states.

And that's a lot to share on an anonymous forum!! But it's such a big decision, and I appreciate all the perspectives!!

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