I have lived in SF, NYC, Tampa, MPLS, and Philly. I now live in a rural community that is still an easy drive to a city. When we had kids, I knew we would have

I have lived in SF, NYC, Tampa, MPLS, and Philly. I now live in a rural community that is still an easy drive to a city. When we had kids, I knew we would have to move despite loving the city. My personal favorite was Philly. Walkable and no need for a car. Any type of food was usually an easy walk away. Close second was SF for the nightlife and ability to choose your weather by getting in the car for an hour or two. I feel in the end it was a fantastic move. We sold our row house in philly and purchased a working ranch, sent our kids to a private school, and converted a pasture into an athletic field with the proceeds. The downside if there is one is that we would be hard pressed to replicate what we have now and my wife has had to turn opportunities down in southern California as the equivalent to what we have now would be a home for at least 10 million. I guess there might be a political downside in that I am a left of center and most people in my community are right of center. However, noone has been isolating. There are some blow hards, but fir the most part people dont ask me about my politics and I dont ask about theirs and we can get along fine. I think it helps that I am a youth coach with a nice personal field and I coach 50 percent of the girls in our community in some capacity. Feel free to ask me questions.