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My wife and I talk about leaving Seattle to go somewhere. Except both of our extended families are mostly here, we have extensive social networks, our kids are
by madhadron 6y ago
My wife and I talk about leaving Seattle to go somewhere. Except both of our extended families are mostly here, we have extensive social networks, our kids are deeply integrated, and we got major homesickness when we moved from an island on one side of the city to a suburb on the other.
I'd love to go spend a year teaching software engineering in Costa Rica or New Zealand. Settling permanently? I dunno. I've ripped up what roots I've had multiple times now, and I don't really want to do it again.
- rootsudo 6y agoMeanwhile here I am debating about doubling down on Seattle with cheap real estate - or Florida. You should go out and travel! I'm planning on doing so because a home purchase is not overnight - and even then I could never really settle down somewhere. The world is accepting remote work - take the opportunity and worse comes to worse you have a family in the area.
- madhadron 6y agoI've traveled a lot. I lived in Switzerland for some years, in New York, I'm from Virginia (my extended family relocated to Seattle). My sister lived in the Bay Area for some years, and I visited her quite a bit there. I've spent significant time in Italy. The rest of my wife's family lived in Guatamala, Puerto Rica, and Miami. Seattle is where I settled.