Not sure why I’m posting. This is what I would do. Keep your current house as a rental, I assume you have made friends in the neighborhood,have them keep an eye on it. I would rent in the new area until you have learned the neighborhhods. If the new job doesn’t work out you can always move back to beautiful southern california, just that thought alone should balance out the discomfort of having strangers in your home. But above all “just let go” and do want you want to. How’s that for confusing advice.
