It sounds like you have kids so you need to also figure out how any move will impact them. Moving when a kid is in middle or high school can be real hard on a kid so at that point you may not want to move just so that they can finish high school.
My situation was a lot different but during a company merger I took a company relocation to Atlanta when I was in my late 40s and I had a kid in middle school. It was hard on him but it was the right choice. We did not have any ties to Atlanta so the general plan was to work there until I retired then we could move to some retirement destination. We were even working on a list of possible places to retire.
By the time I retired my son was grown up and he was married and had kids(our grandkids) and they were living about ten minutes from us. With the family ties to Atlanta the plan on moving in retirement went out the window so we retire here in Atlanta. It is working out very well for us but it is not what we had planned when we moved here.
If you delay moving then there is a good chance that you will never move.
There is no telling where your kids will end up when they grow up but the most likely place would be for them to stay near where they were raised especially if their future spouses are also from that area.
Some of the areas you mentioned could also be pretty expensive. Home prices have gone up in Atlanta but it is still a medium to low cost of living area. My son and virtually all of his high school and college classmates were able to afford to buy nice houses here when they were in their 20s. If you move to some high cost of living area then your kids might have a hard time being able to afford to live near you when they are grown up especially if they do not have high paying jobs.
If you are in a small midwest college town they may also have a hard time finding well paying jobs there even if they want to stay there so that is also a concern.
I don't see an obvious answer. It sounds like the best course would be to look for another position and if you get a job offer you can then decide if you actually want to take it or not when you have more details.
My situation was a lot different but during a company merger I took a company relocation to Atlanta when I was in my late 40s and I had a kid in middle school. It was hard on him but it was the right choice. We did not have any ties to Atlanta so the general plan was to work there until I retired then we could move to some retirement destination. We were even working on a list of possible places to retire.
By the time I retired my son was grown up and he was married and had kids(our grandkids) and they were living about ten minutes from us. With the family ties to Atlanta the plan on moving in retirement went out the window so we retire here in Atlanta. It is working out very well for us but it is not what we had planned when we moved here.
If you delay moving then there is a good chance that you will never move.
There is no telling where your kids will end up when they grow up but the most likely place would be for them to stay near where they were raised especially if their future spouses are also from that area.
Some of the areas you mentioned could also be pretty expensive. Home prices have gone up in Atlanta but it is still a medium to low cost of living area. My son and virtually all of his high school and college classmates were able to afford to buy nice houses here when they were in their 20s. If you move to some high cost of living area then your kids might have a hard time being able to afford to live near you when they are grown up especially if they do not have high paying jobs.
If you are in a small midwest college town they may also have a hard time finding well paying jobs there even if they want to stay there so that is also a concern.
I don't see an obvious answer. It sounds like the best course would be to look for another position and if you get a job offer you can then decide if you actually want to take it or not when you have more details.
Statistics: Posted by Watty — Tue Aug 20, 2024 6:44 am
