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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved our entire family across the country to a southern state we didn’t know anyone but found jobs in for this reason. Our life is so simple now. Just move, it’s 2026. [b]You’re not on the Oregon trail, it’s not nearly as difficult as it sounds. [/b][/quote]

This just made me laugh out loud, thank you.[/quote]

How is it simpler? Don't you have the same daily grind, but just in a state where you don't know anyone? (make breakfast, work all day, dropoff/pickup kids, make dinner, take them to their activities-albeit probably less intense ones, get ready for the next day of the same).[/quote]

I'm the PP that laughed, not the one who made the original comment, although we also moved out of DC for the specific purpose of simplifying our lives. Pre-COVID we both worked out of the house (now we both work from home full-time with no plans to ever return to the office), but we had a nanny who was cheaper than our nanny in DC, we had commutes of 20 minutes each versus an hour, we built an amazing house for the same price as our older townhouse in Vienna, our kids are in an excellent private school where tuition is half the price of the school they were in before, and the pace of life is just slower here. Friends live closer, so we aren't going to birthday parties in Bethesda that take us an hour to get to, traffic isn't as bad, so we aren't white-knuckling it in the morning and evening, I could go on and on. Our kids are all in intense sports, we are all very social, we travel a lot, we have two dogs, we both work full-time jobs that are pretty demanding, but life is still so much easier than it was when we lived in DC. I honestly don't know why anyone stays if they don't have to. And yes, we both switched jobs in order to move, it's not like we just easily picked up and relocated, but it was so worth it. [/quote]

I have all this by living in DC instead of Vienna[/quote]

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