We live in Illinois now because my husband needed to take a job close to work in order to receive a hefty hiring bonus. Once our lease here is up, we are moving over to Indiana, which is a very short drive from us (we are looking at Terre Haute, which would make his commute about 30 minutes). We can’t afford to buy anything here. We found a perfect $150,000 home in the town we are currently that was move in ready and walking distance to all of the kids’ schools. Taxes are $4400/year on the thing. No way we’re paying $350/month in property taxes. I grew up in Indiana anyway and most of my family (and some of my husband’s) is there.
Seems like a wise plan. Good luck and God bless.
Chicago in particular never made sense to me. Looking at the cost of living, the bad weather, the terrible congestion of people, etc I ask myself why are 10 million people there?
I went to a part of eastern Indiana (actually I was lost) northeast of Vincennes. . .can’t remember the name of the town for a conference. Actually found myself at one time in the hills. . .if truth be known I was traveling in circles through several downpours. I must have stopped at least 7 times for directions. . . . come to find out a main road was out and that detail was not included in my instructions.
They had Christian signs along the road, the crops looked fabulous, and the people were friendly, etc. etc. I felt like I had a “back in time” experience.