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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm from a small town in the Midwest, have been in DC for about 10 years, and my DH and I have thought about moving back. Not necessarily to my hometown, but to a town or small city. Here is a short pro/con list from my POV:

Pros of moving: 
1. More reasonable pace of life. Normal for people to leave work by 5 or 6, be home for dinner, not work on weekends. 2. Cheaper COL, would be able to easily afford bigger house with yard. 
3. Easier/faster to get everywhere. (Not true in all places of course.) 
4. Less complicated schools vs. DC public/charter craziness
5. Less "what do you do"-focused social scene. At a friend's Midwestern wedding a few years ago I talked to lots of her friends and "what do you do" never came up. That never happens in DC.

Cons: 
1. Have to make new friends, and this may be harder if you are DC parent age--in your late 30s or 40s with young kids--people our age in smaller towns in Midwest probably have kids 10 years older than ours.
2. Have to navigate a new school system, and fewer fallback options if it isn't working.
3. Much colder weather in some places, although this varies a lot (Mpls much colder than Des Moines, DM colder than St Louis).
4. Career options more limited
5. Kind of the flip side of pro #5: I think I'd miss the wonky, everybody-works-on-interesting-issues vibe of my friend group in DC. [/quote]

Here's another "pro" for ya:  you'd be around folks who don't use the word "wonky."  Hard to believe that a sevond rate university in the area actually used that word to market itself. [/quote]
+1,000[/quote]

PP who said "wonky" here. Another pro/con: "Midwestern nice" can be sweet or can be claustrophobic and judgmental depending on your perspective. But if you get sick of it, there's always DCUM.[/quote]

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