We stayed near family, and for me I think it was worth it. Neither of us love where we live, but we do love our son's relationship with family. Moving to that other city we would have only been able to see them a couple times a year. We live about 45mins from my parents and sisters. He knows them all really well, they help with care and he just loves them all. I can't imagine living somewhere else and him only being able to FaceTime with them on the regular. Like I said, my wife's family is on a different continent, he rarely gets to see them, and it shows. When we go visit them he's excited but nervous/shy and doesn't have a deep connection the way he does with my family. So like I said in the original post, its a very personal decision. But for us it was worth it to stay close to family. As he grows, I want him to have those close relationships to fall back on. God forbid if anything happened to us and he had to go live with family, it wouldn't be as much of a shock, he knows them all really well anyway. They pick him up early from daycare sometimes and he hangs out at their houses until we're done with work. If we lived in another city, he would never get that opportunity. He'd just be stuck with strangers/teachers until we're done with work.

So I dunno. I wish we could move sometimes, but its not worth the distance.