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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not do this for any reason, ever. I grew up in that area and spent the first 25 years of my life in the Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, north country area.  Yes, summers are beautiful. We like taking our children to visit family.  What you don’t realize when you are visiting for short periods of time are the long winters and worse, the nonstop grey skies and rain. Cold and dreary.

It’s a nice escape from DC in the summer but I would never move back. It is so depressing there and I didn’t have nearly the opportunities growing up that my kids do.

Move to the suburbs, we did it and have land. We got different jobs and are no longer in the DC rat race. I like the VA burbs better.  Or move away from this area to a different city. [/quote]

OP is from there so presumably understands the winters.

I grew up near Rochester too and as a teen COULD NOT WAIT to leave, partly due to the dreariness you mention.  But I appreciate upstate NY so much more as an adult and would move back there if we could both find jobs in our field (unlikely).  Turns out I hate DC summers more than NY winters, I don't have the type-A personality to fit in the DMV rat race, and I miss my family (and all the lovely lakes!).  Simply moving further out doesn't work for us as we do not want even longer commutes, and it's just not comparable anyway.

Anyway, OP if you have the job situation sorted out, I would absolutely do it.[/quote]

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