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@littlek: I love House Hunters International. When the people move and aren't students, teachers/professors, or have a work transfer, I always wonder how they did it.

It's a dream of ours to live internationally but I don't think we ever will, especially since LO is the only grandchild.

I don't really understand the people on house hunters international that don't already have a job lined up and aren't retired. Some of them don't appear to be doing anything. If I could somehow afford to move to an awesome place, not have to work, and hang out by my pool all day then I'd have a great work/life balance.

No cause I would hate to be that far away from family.

I might consider it, if it was really going to make a difference.
But it would have to be a BIG difference, because all of our family is here.

No, I really don't think so. Not unless it was going to be absolutely life changing - I wouldn't want to live any farther from my family than I already do, and I'm only an hour drive!

@redsmarties: same. it would have to be HUGE for us to consider moving away from family. As much as they can drive us up the wall, we are both family people.

@redsmarties: same with us. Family is very important to both of us.

Yes, but I don't think we would move overseas. We've not lived closed to family since graduating college. We know that moving closer would greatly reduce stress, both from being near them and being in an area with a lower CoL.

Yep, we're in the process of it now! We've been living in Australia where DH makes an absolutely ludicrous amount of money, but the work life balance sucks (he works approx 80 hrs per week including travel time, six days per week) and we hate where his current project is based. We're tired of living so far from family and moving every year or so when his project finishes and a new one starts, so we're throwing in the towel and moving to the UK in a couple of months.

We will be making about 1/3 the salary but we'll be able to buy a house as we won't be moving every year, and we'll be living in a highly desirable part of the world with lots of culture, natural beauty, and easy access to the rest of the world. And we'll have DH's family nearby and my family a much closer plane journey away in the States. We thought about heading to America but the UK is much more in line with what we want.

It is daunting as all hell right now, going through the immigration process, organising the shipping of our belongings from Australia and the US, selling off everything we don't need, organising bank credit and setting up new accounts overseas, house hunting for a rental for the first few months, organising flights, etc. DH is job hunting for a position over there and whilst he has received loads of interest, he probably won't get an offer until we get over there, which is a bit scary with a toddler and a newborn to think about...

Basically, it's a whole big load of scary, daunting tasks to get through but we're committed to making this change in order to have the life we want and a better work life balance. We're super excited but I can't wait for us to be settled. Our big goal is to have bought a house and have moved in by Christmas. DH is turning in his four weeks notice at his current job next week and then the wheels are officially in motion!

P.s. This will be the fourth time I have moved internationally in the past ten years. I love travelling and am thrilled I've been able to see the world, but I can't wait to settle down!

I did it almost seven years ago and I'd do it over again in a heartbeat

Yes we definitely would. Our next few moves are pretty much out of our hands, but when the time comes, lifestyle will definitely be a consideration on where we settle down.

It would be difficult for us to be far from family. Plus I think we can always achieve better work life balance where we are!

We want too sooo badly. But it's tough to think of moving from all of out family now that LO is here. We regret not making the leap 18 months ago!
Our dream is to leave Southern California for either washington, Oregon, or most likely Colorado.
I think it would be great for us in the long term because we both are fed up with the crowds, pollution, and expense of Los Angeles. Mostly I want clean crisp air and outdoor activities for our little family of three. It's scary to really jump in and go....

DH and I have definitely considered it. We would love to move to Chiang Mai, Thailand! He even went as far as crunching numbers, and determined that we could easily live there comfortably for about $2k a month.

I actually think it would be so neat for our children to go to an International school. I think their education is top notch, and they'd be going to school with children from all nationalities... I'd love to expose them to that kind of diversity!

Of course! We're doing it next year (would do it tomorrow but it's out of our control), and we'll probably do it again in 6-12 years. I have roots everywhere, and I like it that way.

We both grew up in NYC and both of our immediate families still live there but we moved to SoCal 17 months ago, taking the only grandchild with us. Our lifestyle is so much better here- we have so much more time as a family. We miss the culture and diversity of NYC but it can be a real grind to live and work there.

We are doing just that but we are moving toward family and that is a big part of it. It also means a weird schedule and lots of solo parenting for me, but probably more quality time together, and a job that will make me feel more balanced as a person.

Some of the house hunter moves seem crazy though! One of my relatives just told me she knows TWO of the families on there. I was pretty surprised about that!

@Mrs. Pen: My brother lives in Philly! I love it there.

We did, although we didn't really have a choice.

I couldn't move DD away from our families. Especially my dad who is crazyyy about her. We almost moved out of state about a year before I got pregnant and I'm so glad that it didn't work out.