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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm from the South and live here. It's doable. You will trade off certain things- you will likely live in a much smaller,  possibly older house than you would in other areas. But, you get great public schools! (So long as you're not in DC proper. Fairfax and Loudoun Counties have some of the best public schools in the country, and are probably more your speed coming from the Midwest.) Taxes are pretty high... but the trade off is you get to live in a really great area. What I love about it here is that very few areas look really seedy or run down. There's not a lot of tacky strip malls, or pawn shops or title pawns or things like that. The roads are in great condition. You may have to take less lavish vacations... but you live so close to so many things that people travel HERE for, like the museums and monuments and Cherry Blossom time and the Easter Egg roll (if you win the lottery).

Basically, the way I tell it to myself is this: we might have more expendable income if we lived elsewhere, but our quality of life would be much different. Where we're from, there's not much to do. It's a great place, don't get me wrong, but your options for entertainment are limited to high school football games, the movie theater, and the chain restaurant of your choice. (I confess, I like some chains, but it's nice to have the option not to eat at them too.) Here, there's always some event or activity going on you can go to on the weekends. We just make it work and try to look at the good![/quote]

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