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Originally Posted by jaffles
Moved my whole life out of the city into the country to be near the wife's parents.
Sold the house in the only place I have ever lived, a city.
Left behind my 25 year old successful business, wife left her 30 year job.
Drew down on the inheritance and bought a nice home on 2.5 acres that was practical to house my family and aging parents.
Bought the inheritance (old family home) to create housing stability for my long renting brother.
Started another business that is almost set and forget and doing very well. I have one staff member, I do little, and its 7 minuities down the road.
Wife got a job she loves 9 minutes down the road.
Re housed my parents in their own detached dwelling 4ft away from where I-family live.
Kids changed school and have space with clean air, nature and have not looked back.
Get to regularly drop in on the wife's aging parents who are great people, and only 10 minutes down the road.
Now live on top of a mountain with a small population in a community that has most of what one needs. Its a beautiful climate, quite, green with a good amount of nature. I'm 20 minutes from the ocean and all that population brings if one needs more than what's 10 minutes down the road.
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Wifey and I watch this British show called
Escape to the Country. It's about folks in the UK moving away from the city or returning from outside the UK and buying homes in rural or less populated counties. The show is sort of formulaic and largely scripted (you hear the same phrases over and over from every prospective buyer), but it's fascinating to see the various housing options in the UK. Some are many centuries old and require ducking through doorways.
Many of the buyers are doing what you did, walking away from a life in the city and starting over. They often want property with additional business opportunities like glamping or a B&B.