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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving to upstate NY.  Keeping my remote job, spouse will have to look for something new.  House price much lower than here but high property taxes,  [/quote]

I moved to Upstate NY from the DC area.  It's so much better.  Less stress, beautiful outdoors, and better schools.  The people who talk about 6 months of winter are either  exaggerating or climate change has made a massive difference since they last lived here.  (I grew up in an area that is much hotter and drier than when I was a kid, so I'm not just being snarky.)[/quote]

I'm from upstate NY, and there is some truth to this.  We did not have AC growing up, there'd be a couple weeks in the summer where it would feel uncomfortably hot but otherwise it just wasn't a big deal.  My parents couldn't live without it now- we were there during a heatwave last summer and it was brutal.  A couple years ago when we visited in the summer it had been so dry that all of the lawns were brown.  But overall summers up there are still way better than down here.

When I left I never thought I'd want to move back but when I compare notes with friends who are still there I just get envious of how much easier things are.  Plus I always find myself wanting to vacation in the Adirondacks or Finger Lakes anyway.  I think if it made sense for our jobs I'd try to convince DH to move there, but that will always make it challenging for us to get away from DC.  [/quote]

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