[red-beard]

You know what I'll say, cause I just did this a year ago. I still believe that the CA market is going to crash (when, not if). If Buffet is pulling out, I'd say "Pull out".

Anyway, the best way to see if she likes the area is to go there. Rent a residence Inn room and go buy groceries, etc. Make a "living" vacation, along with seeing if she can find a position out there.

Maybe "Stay at home Mom" isn't for her, but maybe she would prefer to make a poisition for herself inside the house. I know a lot of people where the wife does day trading at home while taking care of the kids.

Margarita and I know that one day she will be a "Stay at Home Mom" and I can't think of a more noble position. Who better to raise the family than one of the adults who created them. They will be imprinted with _your_ values, not the day care.

Anyway, the only way is to try it. We were also considering Florida in addition to Texas. After several months with low house payments in a house twice the size, with 4 times the land and in a great neighborhood, all your other debts paid off from the sale of the house and then still having a chunk of change in the bank, it will all seem very worthwhile and you'll wonder why you were living the way your were before, for so long.

James