Would you move?

[ruthcatrin]

Yes, that is really our situation. We have universal health care but it doesn't cover the costs of dental, eye care or the prescriptions that you may need. So while health care is cheap, if you need a prescription, you are paying out a lot of extra money. In addition, dental is brutal. Since we are self employed, we have to pay for the insurance ourselves and it is very expensive.

Yah, I've got a couple friends up there and we were talking about it last year. Thats what he was saying too, about dental and prescriptions, and its still a deduction from your paycheck......

 

[northernmastiff]

Yah, I've got a couple friends up there and we were talking about it last year. Thats what he was saying too, about dental and prescriptions, and its still a deduction from your paycheck......

When I was an actual employee and not self employed, I paid out 50 per pay to have full dental, eye care and prescription health coverage and it wasn't even the top of the line. The main reason for going out on my own was I realized, after child care and paying for my insurance, I would make about 40 bucks per pay period to work 45 hours a day and be away from my kids. I just couldn't bring myself to do that to my kids for crappy health insurance. I had a 15 day pay cycle at that time so by the time I paid everything out, I was making less than 50 cents an hour. So not worth it.

 

[ruthcatrin]

That I can totally believe!

 

[Cody]

Yup we have thought about moving out East as well, ssoooo damn cheap to buy property.
We own our home here, but could buy so much more for a fraction of the price. Calgary is stupid for property. The dream of mortgage free lol
Trouble is I like the west lol.
After 7 years in Montreal and visiting Halifax often, I love being 10 hours from the pacific ocean and 20 minutes to the mountains

 

[stephanieb]

Yup we have thought about moving out East as well, ssoooo damn cheap to buy property.
We own our home here, but could buy so much more for a fraction of the price. Calgary is stupid for property. The dream of mortgage free lol
Trouble is I like the west lol.
After 7 years in Montreal and visiting Halifax often, I love being 10 hours from the pacific ocean and 20 minutes to the mountains

LOL, there is something about Calgary where everyone moves here to make some fast cash and plans on going home in 2 years.... then they fall in love with it and are still here 10 years later. I'm one of the few native Calgarians and LMAO when someone tells me they are JUST here for a few years. For those of you that haven't been here.... this is what Cody, and myself.... are hesitant to give up.

[video=youtube;ThFCg0tBDck]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFCg0tBDck[/video]

 

[Smokeycat]

LOL, there is something about Calgary where everyone moves here to make some fast cash and plans on going home in 2 years.... then they fall in love with it and are still here 10 years later. I'm one of the few native Calgarians and LMAO when someone tells me they are JUST here for a few years. For those of you that haven't been here.... this is what Cody, and myself.... are hesitant to give up.

[video=youtube;ThFCg0tBDck]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFCg0tBDck[/video]

I'll stick with Lethbridge. It costs less and even though there are fewer amenities Calgary is only a couple of hours away.

 

[ruby55]

I took a promotion in a large corporation years ago. I got a 15% raise in pay, along with more affordable health/dental insurance rates. The downside was moving 1,000 miles away from friends & family. With 2 girls; on our own, where we knew NO ONE. It was wonderful. I could buy my girls a new pair of shoes when they needed them. And get my car fixed when it broke down. And we made a lot of great friends, starting from the people I worked with & networking from there. I'm so glad I did it, and girls look back on our time in the new city with fondness, too.

 

[DennasMom]

I moved my city-born hubby 3000 miles to rural Virginia... and it was not a good match.

We missed our friends too much - and we have a lot of social activities here that are important to us (we're big sports fans and support our university with football and basketball season tickets).

While the cost of living was much better, and we did enjoy sunny evenings on the back porch in Virginia - we missed everything else about Seattle.

We'd rather live in a small house with a small yard to be in the right location.
But, that's just us.
And... there are lots of dog parks here for us to visit, too.

 

[Cody]

LOL, there is something about Calgary where everyone moves here to make some fast cash and plans on going home in 2 years.... then they fall in love with it and are still here 10 years later. I'm one of the few native Calgarians and LMAO when someone tells me they are JUST here for a few years. For those of you that haven't been here.... this is what Cody, and myself.... are hesitant to give up.

[video=youtube;ThFCg0tBDck]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFCg0tBDck[/video]

OMG! Another native Calgarian? LMAO, we are few and far between. I think my son is one of the only 3 gen Calgarians I have met. I have left but it keeps bringing me back I miss the mountains too much.

 

[m0rg4n]

I've moved an average of every two years of my life. Completely doable, especially if it's the right choice for your family. Especially if you find a home in an area you love.

 

[Kelly]

If I was in that situation, I'd sure do it. Living in the lower mainland, the cost of living is stupid. Fortuanately we bought our house right as property was taking off, if we had flipped 3 months later we would have made $100g without putting anything into it. Maybe we should have. Rates have leveled off now, but they've never come down close to what it was when we bought the house. So if we were to sell, we'd make some money but then have to turn around and buy something....prices are too high. Also, Im supporting my mom so im sticking wtih things as they are. I can have my big dogs and no one complains so...

 

[northernmastiff]

Thanks for all the advice everyone. After a lot of soul searching and back and forth, we have decided to move. We have started the process, started narrowing down the areas that we are interested in and even started talking with a real estate agent on places for rent in the area we are interested in. We kept hesitating but we want the best for our kids and that means the best future, not just the best childhood. So while there are things we will end up giving up here, they will be getting so much more where we are moving, including parents who get a bit more time to spend with them, which is the most important part in my mind. So might not be on very much over the next few months as we try to sort out this very scary move.

 

[ruthcatrin]

Good luck!

 

[northernmastiff]

Thanks. It was a hard decision to make. Took a long time to make it. A lot of hours debating the pros and cons, even before I asked on here. Several months in fact. LOL. You can't say that I do things on the spur of the moment.

 

[raechiemay]

Yay! Happy for you guys. Good luck

 

[Gunny]

Woohoo! Great decision IMO. Hope all turns out well.

 

[BlackShadowCaneCorso]

It is never an easy decision, especially when it affects others in our lives but if you are all on board and in the end the pros outweigh the cons then you have to do what is best.

 

[angelbears]

I'm sure it will be wonderful. Best of luck.