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Looking for advice and input from anyone.
I have lived in Indiana all my life. It’s affordable is about the only good thing about it. Me and my wife dont want to waste the rest of our lives here. Education sucks, waterways suck, infrastructure is terrible, etc.

I’m mainly looking for a place to raise my family. We have some money raised up to buy us a decent home (700k) we are looking for a suburban/rural life with a decent sized backyard. We love gardening, and outdoor activities. But would still need proximity to at-least a small sized city for shopping/jobs. We prefer a warmer climate, dont like the cold winters here in Indiana.

So far we are looking at places like Raleigh NC, Salem OR, Medford OR, Durham NC.

From our perspective it seems like:

Oregon is less humid, better nature/views, closer to Coast, cleaner waterways, more mild weathers. But they come at the cost of increased COL, worse homes at our budget, possibility of having to be compromise being farther away from large cities.

Whereas NC: we could get a much nicer home, and is much more affordable.but it’s more humid and has a far right government that is anti-workers.

Any input, advice, or recommendations? We are also open to other states/cities!

Looking for advice and input from anyone.
I have lived in Indiana all my life. It’s affordable is about the only good thing about it. Me and my wife dont want to waste the rest of our lives here. Education sucks, waterways suck, infrastructure is terrible, etc.

I’m mainly looking for a place to raise my family. We have some money raised up to buy us a decent home (700k) we are looking for a suburban/rural life with a decent sized backyard. We love gardening, and outdoor activities. But would still need proximity to at-least a small sized city for shopping/jobs. We prefer a warmer climate, dont like the cold winters here in Indiana.

So far we are looking at places like Raleigh NC, Salem OR, Medford OR, Durham NC.

From our perspective it seems like:

Oregon is less humid, better nature/views, closer to Coast, cleaner waterways, more mild weathers. But they come at the cost of increased COL, worse homes at our budget, possibility of having to be compromise being farther away from large cities.

Whereas NC: we could get a much nicer home, and is much more affordable.but it’s more humid and has a far right government that is anti-workers.

Any input, advice, or recommendations? We are also open to other states/cities!