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I'm just back from a week in Seattle. Meg is still out there, at a knitting retreat. We went to visit Meg's step brother and his family, but also to check out neighborhoods, since we have talked for some time about moving to Seattle. I'm from Wisconsin and Michigan. I came to Huntsville for a job. We've been here for 22 years. We've raised our kids here. Meg opened Yarn Expressions here. I got started in music again after a long layoff, and it has changed my life. Low cost of living allowed us to have twice as much house as we could have afforded elsewhere. Huntsville has been good to us.
But we've never really fit in. Politically, socially, religiously, we're outsiders. We have friends here but not close friends.
There are reasons to stay. We're four hours from son CJ and grandson Joe in Memphis. I play in a couple of musical groups that I'd hate to leave. Taxes and cost of living are low.
So, we're debating this. Seattle seems to suit us, in many ways. But I'm 68. Do I want to take on a mortgage and make a cross-country move at this point in my life? Stay tuned!
I'll put my notes from the trip in the comments. It's mostly just to document the trip someplace where I can find my notes again. Don't feel obligated to read all that stuff.
But we've never really fit in. Politically, socially, religiously, we're outsiders. We have friends here but not close friends.
There are reasons to stay. We're four hours from son CJ and grandson Joe in Memphis. I play in a couple of musical groups that I'd hate to leave. Taxes and cost of living are low.
So, we're debating this. Seattle seems to suit us, in many ways. But I'm 68. Do I want to take on a mortgage and make a cross-country move at this point in my life? Stay tuned!
I'll put my notes from the trip in the comments. It's mostly just to document the trip someplace where I can find my notes again. Don't feel obligated to read all that stuff.
