Is it normal to dream of moving away?

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...and where do you dream of moving to?

DH and I are close to family in our hometown. The problem is its a deprived area with bad schools and the weather is dire (Scotland). Not any buzz about it either.

But we are ttc and our families are a good support to us (through everything really). So, we stay put. It's not all bad, the transport links are good and we have made decent money from staying here.

I find myself thinking of living elsewhere a lot though. Dreaming about parts of England (we go on weekend breaks to London, Brighton, Devon). The weather is so much better, we could transfer our offices, better for our career, nicer areas, better schools blah blah. But no support system!

I also think I have love goggles on when I'm away from home because I'm on my holidays too.

Anyway, do you dream of living elsewhere, if so, where?

OP, it sounds so miserable where you are currently. Plenty of people manage family life without extended family around to help out. Just move to wherever you dream of - you only have this life. There are so many beautiful parts of the UK.

We're in the east of Scotland after growing up in Glasgow. It barely rains and often feels warmer. East doesn't just mean Edinburgh - it's Fife/Kinross/Aberdeen/Dundee etc. Lovely weather and often better schooling too. Worth thinking about maybe?

How old were your kids when you moved @bert3400

@ilkleymoorbartat
11 & 18
We really wanted DS11 to have a 'normal' childhood and where we lived in the uk, the crime rates and violence was becoming a real worry, along with Brexit, it just felt the right time to leave. He is a sociable boy and would rather be out than in, unlike his older brother . So I knew he needed his freedom and I worried he wouldn't be able to have that in the uk and my anxiety was through the roof with the thought of him being out 'in town'. So now he's out every weekend, down the beach probably getting up to no good, but I know there isn't going to be any violence or knives, I have no worries about him and he has freedom to be a teenager .