Similar situation. Freelancer, clients all over the US, can live anywhere. Having lived in SF, Portland, and NYC for about a decade, my wife and I packed up and

Similar situation. Freelancer, clients all over the US, can live anywhere. Having lived in SF, Portland, and NYC for about a decade, my wife and I packed up and moved to Nashville in 2015 when our first child was born. We moved back to NYC a few months ago. Nashville was great, but it can’t even come close to touching what NYC offers in terms of culture, diversity, novelty, careers, food, walkability, transit, etc. Not to mention more minor things like multiple international airports, ocean access, architecture, etc. We have to sacrifice to live here but I now know it’s worth it to us.