I can see why you are happy with the life you've found. Congratulations - it sounds like you've made a great change! There are actually similar reasons motivat

I can see why you are happy with the life you've found. Congratulations - it sounds like you've made a great change! There are actually similar reasons motivating us to stay in our central Seattle townhouse, despite feeling "house-poor". Having three grocery stores within ten minutes' walk makes it easy to cook fresh meals at home, which I do most of the time these days; we've dropped the delivery habit. We don't have to drive often anymore - I walk to work, and my wife has an e-bike - so a single older car meets our needs, keeping transportation costs in check. Inflation may have squeezed the slack out of our budget, but we still have a better life here than the one we could make with the money we might save by leaving.