Has anyone considered or actually moved for a better life? Hubby 2 kids and I live in a booming city but the cost of living is also increasing and work for oh (who is main bread winner) is not abundant. I work part time but with both our wage than day care and I travel for work it's starting to become not worth it.
I suggested to hubby packing up and moving to some where with more options.
Thanks
Moving for a better life
Moving for a better life
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Yes I moved and it was very successful. My best friend also moved once but it was a disaster. Here were the differences.
1. I had a job to go to (I'm a single mum)
2. I had researched in depth where my son would go to school, where we would live, my sons disability support services in depth before we left. I had visited the place multiple times.
3. We had a place to live before we moved because I used a renters agent.
4. I had cash savings
In short I had a structured plan
My friend
1. No adults had a job so we're living on Centrelink
2. Didn't have housing so burnt through savings in temporary accommodation only to find the rental market where they moved to incredibly tight in the end they moved to a area because they had to.
3. They had never actually been to where they moved to. Struggled to get settled, couldn't get reliable work.
4. The school where they were was just shit.
They had to move back in a rush.
I loved the time I lived elsewhere it was a really positive experience but doing it in a planned way made it so.
Currently in the process of doing it now, we are moving from a tiny country town where we are both miserable to a bigger coastal town. He has a job to go to and I can still do my current job mostly from home but will need to travel back once a fortnight. We find out about a house today but if we don't get it the area we have chosen has a lot available. We discussed it for a good 12 months but we are finally doing it and as much as I'm nervous I am so excited at how much happier we will be and having more to do and be closer to family.
If you are unhappy, make a plan, research some areas, get jobs and go for it.
We moved from Sydney to Newcastle, then 5 years later to the Sunshine Coast. We loved Newcastle but work moved us to QLD.
My sister decided to leave Sydney with her family after visiting us here. She's now mortgage free with a few hundred thousand left over, in her dream 5 bedroom house on 1 acre with a pool. They love it here too. It's definitely worth it!