Thanks for the reply profhoff. FYI my husbands current take home pay is 125K plus options, pension (and this is in NC) so it’d be a 15-30% pay cut. We feel we could live with the 15% cut, but not the 30%. We are originally from San Diego and have a lot of support there. It’s so hard to be across the country with no support, 2 little ones (27 months and 8 months) and one having special needs. Just trying to talk it out and wondering if we are the only ones who would consider such a drastic move. I will definitely research all our options before we make such a decision, but SD would be such an easy place to move back too. Every time we get off the plane for a visit it feels like home and is so hard to leave. Also, I do plan to go back to work in a few years and still have a lot of professional contacts in the area so it may be easier for me to find a job there too. Thanks again!