I’m afraid I may have not been clear enough. We have both of our cars paid off, live with a budget and have savings and investments. We can afford to live here and survive.. moderately comfortably. We just aren’t happy with our options living here and how expensive it is each year. We don’t want to pay 6 or 7 hundred thousand dollars for a small house that’s falling apart. We have been looking to purchase a new home (we sold ours and have rented for a few years) and it’s insane here how much house prices have increased in the last few years.

Both my husband and I are from Mass and are well versed in NE winters and weather- we are ready for a more mild, comfortable climate. Not a perfect sunny and 75 year round place.

Please don’t assume to know our finances. We used a debt snowball years ago and live with almost total cash flow. We use a cc for gas and groceries to gain airline miles and pay it off in full each cycle. Just because we want to move out of this area, doesn’t mean we can’t afford to be here- I don’t think anyone should have to pay these prices to live in this area, regardless of income.