Leaving NY???

it depends where..

i would consider it.. because it is too $$$ around here.. and i'd have to see the job opportunities for myself as well..

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Posted by futuremrsGafforio

I probably wouldn't. I am very close with my family. Plus when we have kids, I want to be close to both our parents.

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See our parents cant help if we have kids, maybe babysit once a month but they cant help us everyday or for a couple days a week during work hours.

We did!!! DH got a job in Ct last year 3 months after I got my DREAM JOB (a recruiter found him at his old company and begged for him to switch jobs)!!! I was on a waiting list for this job for 3 years

It was really frustrating but I knew I always wanted to be a stay at home mom and have a big beautiful house someday.

We were very lucky because his job offer was in CT and we were planning on moving to CT in a few years because my family was near by.

So we left LI and moved 3 weeks before the wedding and I left my dream job (I actually got hurt 3 weeks before the wedding and left early I was planning on working there until the end of the year)

But I got my beautiful house 3,500 square feet for under $300,000 in a beautiful area and we are planning on TTC next summer and I will be a stay at home mom!!

I had to sacrafice my dream job and leaving behind friends and the place where I lived for 8 years and even though certain days are tough in the end it was the best decision for me and my family!!

Weigh out the pro's and cons and follow your heart

BTW......THis is a pic of my house.....Not bad for 2 hours away from the island

Yes, I would go!

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Posted by FullersBride

We did!!! DH got a job in Ct last year 3 months after I got my DREAM JOB (a recruiter found him at his old company and begged for him to switch jobs)!!! I was on a waiting list for this job for 3 years

It was really frustrating but I knew I always wanted to be a stay at home mom and have a big beautiful house someday.

We were very lucky because his job offer was in CT and we were planning on moving to CT in a few years because my family was near by.

So we left LI and moved 3 weeks before the wedding and I left my dream job (I actually got hurt 3 weeks before the wedding and left early I was planning on working there until the end of the year)

But I got my beautiful house 3,500 square feet for under $300,000 in a beautiful area and we are planning on TTC next summer and I will be a stay at home mom!!

I had to sacrafice my dream job and leaving behind friends and the place where I lived for 8 years and even though certain days are tough in the end it was the best decision for me and my family!!

Weigh out the pro's and cons and follow your heart

BTW......THis is a pic of my house.....Not bad for 2 hours away from the island

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OMG your house is gorgeous!! can i move in with you?

i'm thinking about leaving NY w/o DH getting a job transfer!!

it's just too expensive to live here. it's ridiculous! my bro and sis moved to AZ but i don't wanna move that far. i love the east coast but i also love NY but it's just too much money here. i'd rather have a nice big house than a small apartment that was built in 1920!

it's def a tough decision. but do what's best for your own family. hey, my parents left their family and friends to move to another country!!! so really, it's up to you. but in my opinion, i would def move out of state.

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Posted by LB and DC

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Posted by FullersBride

We did!!! DH got a job in Ct last year 3 months after I got my DREAM JOB (a recruiter found him at his old company and begged for him to switch jobs)!!! I was on a waiting list for this job for 3 years

It was really frustrating but I knew I always wanted to be a stay at home mom and have a big beautiful house someday.

We were very lucky because his job offer was in CT and we were planning on moving to CT in a few years because my family was near by.

So we left LI and moved 3 weeks before the wedding and I left my dream job (I actually got hurt 3 weeks before the wedding and left early I was planning on working there until the end of the year)

But I got my beautiful house 3,500 square feet for under $300,000 in a beautiful area and we are planning on TTC next summer and I will be a stay at home mom!!

I had to sacrafice my dream job and leaving behind friends and the place where I lived for 8 years and even though certain days are tough in the end it was the best decision for me and my family!!

Weigh out the pro's and cons and follow your heart

BTW......THis is a pic of my house.....Not bad for 2 hours away from the island

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OMG your house is gorgeous!! can i move in with you?

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Sure....the house is too freakin big for us right now!! We aren't even using the 4th floor

Yes, My house had 4 floors......Do you know how much cleaning that is???? I'm getting a cleaning lady next spring!!!

The taxes downstate really amaze me, we have friends in Westchester who pay $10,000 a year on a 900SF house on an acre.

We live between Albany and Saratoga and pay $1,200 on a 1800SF house on 3/4 acre lot, I'm sure we would make a little more if we lived downstate, but I don't think it is proportionate.

I would move if it meant I could be a stay at home mom, but I would like to be close enough that visiting for a long weekend or something would be easy.

I would move again in a heartbeat, but DH doesn't want to leave the town he grew up in never mind the state! I would rather have a house than an apartment and we can't afford to live in the Plainview area, the taxes are too high and the houses are way to expensive.
I'm working on it so we'll see.

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Posted by Mikeysgirl

I would move in a heart beat. Where are you thinking of moving?

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I am not sure we havent really looked into it, I would really have to check out each area.