WWYD- Move or Stay? Very conflicted and looking for input!

[WitMom]

Thanks for all of the insight everyone. We will be mulling this over for a while, while we try to reach a decision.

For those of you that suggested we move to my parents' town/my home town, it isn't really an option. It is a very rural area (town and surrounding area have a population of 600), and is essentially a dying town. None of my friends live there anymore, and there aren't many young families there anymore. In addition, the schools aren't as good as they used to be, given the above. It's okay to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there lol.

Someone commented along the lines of remembering what was bad about our old location, and considering if we want to go back to that. (I'm not wording that exactly the same, but that was the jist of the comment, I think). There are things we disliked that we don't have to deal with here, that's true. Traffic is one of those things. Also, the pace of living there is more harried than here. All things we will need to take into consideration.

Gatorsmom- I'll pm you later tonight!

Thanks again everyone. Any other comments/insight are welcome.

[codex57]

What were the negatives so we can comment on them?

Traffic isn't much of a negative to me. You work at home and your DH is a stay at home dad. How often do you really need to brave the traffic? Traffic is all "relative" too and something you can get used to. I'm from Los Angeles. I got "used" to LA traffic cuz I grew up there. While I don't enjoy it, the traffic here is much lighter and you just work around it. Since you guys don't need to commute, it's much easier to plan around it.

The pace of living is more of a difficult problem to adjust to. Traffic is just one aspect of "pace of living" and if it gets too much, I know it can be overwhelming for some people. We have a friend who's from Hawaii and she complains about the "fast pace" living here. We can see it's getting to her. Traffic ends some time, even in LA. However, if everything is faster, you don't get a break from it.