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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We made the escape last year and have no regrets. I loved DC when I was younger and single but we both decided once kids come along it would be great to move back home. We live in a small town on outskirts of a large Midwestern city. DH got offers comparable to his DC salary and COL is so low I'm able to SAH for now. My job was one of those "only in DC" types but I'm looking forward to doing something completely different once I'm ready to get back to work.

It works for us because we are homebodies for the most part but can get into the city on a weekend if we want, but something to think about if you love going out all the time. There is a trade off.

Op, if I were you I'd pick a couple places, vacation there a couple times and start sending resumes. You may be surprised at salaries like we were. [b]It's just not true that there are no good jobs in "fly over country[/b]".[/quote]

Well I live outside Detroit, and are there good jobs, yes, but very few unless you have something to do with making a car. Is there someone who works in an ad agency or investment banking and makes good money?  Not predominant unless you are in a high COL area.  And I don't see it as anything different in Cleveland or St. Louis.[/quote]

You cited the poster child for the worst economy in America (Detroit).  Also, per all the comments above, you don't move to flyover country to be an investment banker.  The point is that you can move to lower col areas and become, say, a duel teacher household, or if you're a DC fed transfer to a federal government office and get a job making $80k, or be a nurse, or professor, or doctor, or small town lawyer, or small town accountant, or work for the random big company that is there (in the finance department or legal department or marketing). The job won't be as stimulating as your DC job, but a lot of those jobs can get you close to six figures in certain small towns. Which in those places will buy you a much happier life (for many of us) than what we have in DC.  Just to use an example, a ton of new York banks are moving their backroom operations to Tampa.  There are also several large corps that have their hqs or SE-US hqs in tampa.  No sales tax, cheap houses (so relatively low property tax compared with DC - even though the millage rate is higher), good schools, decent traffic (relative to DC).  Lots of professional jobs paying $120k down there.  Home by 6pm every night.  [/quote]

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