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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- I was pretty much in your position.  We moved.  It made a lot of sense objectively.  What we didn't factor in was the subjective connection to our old area.  While one kid's new public school seems to be better, the other kid's public school seems to be not as good as the old.  DH's commute improved.  So, while we accomplished most of what we set out to accomplish (better schools -- especially for the kid going into middle who had a substandard ES experience), I think we lost out on things we had going for us before (community familiarity, friends, and small decrease in second kid's school).

It also cost us many pretty pennies to sell our house, buy this house and fix/maintain things that hadn't been done.  All in all, I wish we had stayed put.  The stress, the money, the loss of community that we knew and the kids' friends, more congestion/traffic in the new area.... it wasn't worth it.  I look at going back (even to the lower school) b/c it was just an easier life.

Think carefully about cutting ties with what you know/have.  We didn't think we had that much to lose, but turns out it was better than we realized.[/quote]

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