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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you done it?

We are strongly considering it over the course of the next five years.  We have to make it work with careers, of course, but if we can, we'd like to head back to upstate NY to be closer to family and to be in a lower COL area.

We didn't get on the property ladder when we should have and now are still renting while paying for childcare, saving for college, and saving for retirement.  We simply cannot afford a home in the city that would guarantee good school options through high school.  We hate the thought of long commutes and what that will mean for spending time with our kids.  DC is increasingly expensive and we think we can have a better quality of life elsewhere.  BUT I am sure I am romanticizing, and there are likely plenty of factors I am not considering.  So, have you done it?  Have you left for a lower COL area, and if so, what have been the pros and cons?
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Would love to do it.  We have Feds who work at home 5x per week.  They earn DC salary and live in Colorado, Ohio, PA, and Tennessee.  They might come in a few times a year as needed.  You can live like royalty on a GS15 or other specialist paygrades in vast swaths of the country.  Just need an employer who'll let you telework everyday.  [/quote]

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