Never Moving

Earlier this year, I mentioned that the facility that I work at might be relocated to the Nashville area. For a while, all of our long-term (personal) plans were put on hold while we waited to find out if we were either going to move or whether I was going to look for a new job. Fortunately, it was announced later that although the facility I work in is moving into a brand new building, it will be built nearby.

At that point, we reverted to our previously plans of moving closer to work in a few years (Heimlich and I both currently commute a long distance in the same direction). We weren't thinking about moving immediately because of the downturn in the housing market and because Heimlich doesn't think that she has built up enough seniority at work to feel long-term job security yet.

Recently, it has occurred to us that she may never have the kind of job security that we would want before moving, due to the nature of her job. So, our current thinking is that we're not going to be moving. At least, not for the foreseeable future.

The upshot is that we love our house, and we'd get to stay in it. It is a modestly-sized house, so we are living well within our means. And it is also a very nice house, with refinished woodwork throughout, so we love having it. We have also spent a lot of time and money fixing it up, and it's finally at the point where we want it. Here are some shots from a few years ago, when we bought it:



We're also in the inner ring of Cleveland suburbs, meaning that if Heimlich needs to find a new job, she would have the best chance of finding one around here. If we moved closer to where we both work now (out in the country), her job choices would be very limiting.

We also live in a great city (Lakewood), with tons of like-minded people, and almost everything within walking distance.

The downside of staying where we are is that we both have long commutes right now (which become even worse when it snows). I'm putting around 30k/year on my car. However, our commutes are against traffic, so even if the drive is long, it isn't in stop-and-go traffic.