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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends where my kids end up.[/quote]
Are you and your kids in agreement that you want to find a city where you will all be comfortable living and make the effort to stay close by? If not, what happens if your kids later move to a different place, are you going keep moving to follow them?[/quote]
This is a fair question. I'm in my 30s and DH and I moved from city to city for 5 years after college before settling in NOVA. There was a time when my in laws talked about moving near us (when it became clear we weren't moving back near them), but they wouldn't be happy in the DMV. They have friends and volunteer work and arts where they are and love everything about their lives. The only reason they would have moved here was to be near their grandkids and in the end none of us thought it was a good idea for them to uproot their lives. I would have felt so bad if my in laws had moved to Philly when we did and then we picked up and moved two years later. I would feel so bad if they moved here now and struggled to make new friends or find the kind of meaningful community and volunteer work they have at home.

If you can make it work for all involved to live near your kids, that's great! I'm envious of my friends whose parents live nearby. My grandparents lived near me growing up and that kind of regular contact with them was at the core of my childhood and my lasting relationships with them. But it only works if everyone is happy where they are.[/quote]

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