We Did It
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We moved to New England.
About a year and a half ago, we toyed with the idea of moving out here when I read a news article about the state of Vermont offering remote workers to bring their jobs in-state for $10,000. We visited Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont in November of 2018 and decided we didn’t hate it.
So we gave up our Bay Area-sized paychecks and a job I really liked in order to relocate. Hands down, one of the most stressful decisions we’ve ever made. We sold a house, went into contract on a new house, sold a good chunk of our stuff, including my car and two motorcycles, quit our jobs, pulled our kids out of school/daycare, left all things familiar to us including friends and family. Then we drove across the country in our Honda Odyssey.