I felt the same living in Colorado, it was never home to me, as nice as it was. Then my husband's job location changed and he would no longer be able to take a bus to work. My husband has bad vision, so driving that far with Colorado weather conditions was a non starter. We thought about moving to make the commute easier, but it was crazy expensive, and the only good thing about Colorado, for me, was the small town we lived in, I had zero interest in moving to Denver. So he applied for a job in California, he thought he had it, but they offered it to someone else. Then, two months later, they called and gave it to him, the other guy didn't pass the background check. And it paid full relocation. I had not prayed, but I had wished for this with every fiber of my being.
So, who should I thank for that?
Everyone thought we were crazy to move to California (It's crowded and expensive!). At times we thought we were crazy too, as SF bay area real estate is very, very expensive. We looked at every community, and finally found a small town we liked that had been hit badly by the recession. We found a short sale, it took six months, but it was the perfect house, at the perfect price, and we couldn't be happier. We are loving all the great things there are to do here, the weather is perfect, mostly in the sixties and seventies all year.
