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[quote=Anonymous]We retired and moved to a small town where my DH grew up. We love it here and don’t miss living in DC at all. I do miss my DC friends, but we stay in touch and go back at least once a year, and a lot of them are starting to move out of DC, as well.

One thing I would caution you about is the run up in real estate values that has happened post Covid. We live in a town that you’ve probably never heard of, in a state you’ve probably never thought of moving to, but it’s a cute town and had been “discovered” by retirees and people who can WFH. Our house has doubled in value since 2018. Houses in good neighborhoods (near the water —not even on the water — walkable to downtown, etc) are as expensive as DC. They are building new cookie cutter developments on the outside of town that are relatively affordable, but I suspect that’s not what most DC people envision when they think of moving to a “more affordable” small town.

As far as I can tell, this is true pretty much everywhere that is attractively situated. The good news is that this town has an amazing number of good restaurants and shops for a town this size. However, just don’t assume that the cheap real estate that you remember from even five years ago is still there. 
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