r/MovingTo

My daughter and I currently live in NC and I need to make a move within a two month window. I am self employed and work remote. The environment, the small town we live in now is infested with drugs and crime. We want a new start and we both a want chance for her sober journey to be as smooth as possible without the old friends, familiar drug spots etc. I will continue to rent a home, so rental costs in the area of choice is important as well. I am also single. In my 50's and since this all began I have not had a social life. I would like to move to a place where once we are settled and all things going good, I'd have options of places to go or things to do. I do prefer a laid back vibe. Life has been hell for many years. I see some light at the end of this tunnel ... where would you go if you were me? (My daughter is currently in sober living)

Hi all-my wife and I live in Phoenix and are considering moving to SLC in the next year. We are in our mid 30's and have a newborn and a 3 year old. We enjoy being outdoors/walking, are looking for good schools and of course an area that is safe. We are budgeting around 750-850K for a home and hoping to have around 2.2K squarefeet. Other things to consider we want to be near grocery stores, the school(s) that our boys will attend and parks as well.

My fiancé and I have lived in California our whole lives, but we’ve become enamored by Washington and now want to move. We visited Seattle, Mt. Rainier, Forks, and La Push in August 2025. We’ve thought about Washington almost every day since, have done research on different cities but it’s been difficult to find the best family-friendly cities to settle down in after marriage that we’d be interested in moving to in a few years. We figured some of you might have some great insight that Google searches haven’t been helpful with.

There are a few things that we definitely want
1    We expect that our current professions will tie us closer to the heart of Seattle, so cities within 1.5 hours would be ideal (but the closer the better).
2    Good public schools 
3    Nature in our literal backyard, not crowded suburbs
4    Somewhere that has frequent community events to participate in (e.g. halloween and christmas festivities)
5    Culture (being latina, it would be great if the area isn’t a complete culture shock and other latinos are nearby)
6    Price of housing is flexible as this is a goal we’re working towards in the next 3-5 years.