Thank you all for your great responses!

Reason for relocation? Well there are lots of them. I now live in the town I was born in. I am now 40 and single and finally an empty nester. I had moved back here 11 years ago and I have worked hard and taken care of the 3 kids, home and had to care for 2 grandparents while they were dying over the years. I was also helping great aunts and uncles as I was the only one of my generation left here. I tried at one point 6 years ago to move back to CT but my gram got cancer so I had to move home six mos into it to care for her. My kids and I became her will to live and she our rock in so many ways.

I knew then I was grounded here until gram passed and my youngest graduated, both of which happened in last few months, but dreamed of getting out of here . She lived with us the last year and a half and was the last remaining relative here. My youngest is moving with her dad for college in Ct and the twins are on their own now and also in college.

In Jan I was diagnosed with a very bad case of Lyme disease and a serious autoimmune disease possibly caused by having lyme undiagnosed for many years (GET tested if you even think you have it!). I am well now and with all these recent changes I have been searching for a place I may love to live and has a future for me. I guess you can say this is a wonderful new chapter in my life.

I am sick of the cold here, and the small townish stuff and have no more ties. My chances of ever meeting a great man here are limited and so are my career & education options. Its time for me to spread my wings and see the world and live somewhere warmer and follow my dreams, explore the world, continue my education and get cultured as well as begin to enjoy my new found free time which I havent had in a long time.

Sorry if thats a lot, but it felt good to 'say' it.

I have friends in Atlanta as well as the cousin I will be moving with in Henry County. Her home is huge and she is never there. We have more in common than my sister and I and even look very much alike! I will stay at least a year with her and maybe longer before I get my own place. The cost of living and homes seem better and the pay is much higher as well from what I am seeing so far. The benefits are amazing and I already have a list of maybe a dozen or more hospitals within greater Atlanta. Here there is one tiny one with 25 beds.

I am really hoping I love it there, and it is strange- things are falling into place so easily its almost like I am supposed to make this move. Its like my prayers are being answered. I have tons of family in FL as well as other surrounding southern states and I will be closer to them which means I can see them more.

Not sure if Tybee is a day trip or not, but my cousin has made the trip many times. Driving is something I am used to, although traffic will be interesting! How does it compare to DC area, Boston, NYC and Chicago? I lived all over when I was married as my former husband did power plant start ups in big metropolitan areas. We moved almost once a year. I grew to love the cities and all their offerings while still relishing my visits back home but finding it a little too sleepy for me.

I will have a car and will also utilize some public transport and plan on seeing some of the art galleries and a few of the spots listed above. There seems to be so much to see and do there!