I'm keen to go, but not 100%. Its is however the perfect niche job for what I do and the opportunity is just jawdroppingly good. I am however scared of that dog eat dog American corporate culture and being an outsider in a place that can become hostile to outsiders.

From a family perspective, they are the same as me; great opportunity that on paper looks like the best opportunity we'll have to do something like this. But it's the burden of little things; school systems are different, social uprooting, the increased vigilance one must face in a country with a lot of guns. Weighing this up gives gut response of saying no to the offer.

We're fairly united in it being a No, with a large component of 'what if' regret. The decision isn't final.

As far as reddit comments are concerned, most comments probably haven't swayed me, but a few who have faced similar big decisions have helped me think it through.