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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the feedback. I am from CA so I don't find DC to be as diverse and fast-moving as what I experienced growing up and I've assimilated. I simply want the core things which are important to me. I don't have family here and neither does he so I think that makes it easier to uproot and not look back. Again, I'm in the minority. DH agrees he's "open to it" but my conversations around moving anywhere not just the Texas area get very little response. I simply want to give my children what I had: family time, trips, a nice house and big yard to play in. Right now we're both so exhausted from work, save, work and I look around and wonder what's it all for?[/quote]

OP, I know I'm being picky here but your first comment about not finding DC as diverse and fast-moving as growing up in "CA" struck me as kind of funny. I'm a native Californian too and I feel the opposite as you do (only found diversity, etc. after I moved to DC), so I definitely wouldn't generalize - which you probably didn't mean to do. (I'm from the San Joaquin Valley, FYI...one of the parts of CA that kept Prop 8 from being defeated.) Anyway, FWIW, I lived in DC for 11 years and loved it but eventually DH and I decided it was time to move on to a "quieter" place that was more affordable and family friendly to raise our family. We live in Portland, OR now and though I had a much harder time with the transition than I could have ever imagined and missed DC a lot more than I thought I would - things seem to be turning around now and I can honestly say it's a great place to live. Many of the benefits of Northern Calif. w/o many of the negatives. (Just don't move here w/o a job.) We also strongly considered Texas - Austin, though, as DH is from San Antonio and went to grad school in Austin and we have family there. I'd never think of moving to the Dallas or Houston area but Austin is wonderful for sure. And, sometimes we still struggle with the question of why aren't we there when we could have family support vs. going it alone. Though, DH and I still think it doesn't hold a candle in terms of things to do, culture and beauty as the Portland region/Oregon does.

Good luck! It's always amazing to me how many of these posts I see on here of people looking to get out of the DC area. In Portland most of what you hear about is how much people love living here. Funny. [/quote]

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