A good friend recently moved his family to Seattle and we'd consider the PNW, but as you mention, housing costs on the west coast are concerning, the equity in my current house would probably not even cover a downpayment out there. My wife has family in the Northeast and we're going to a wedding in a few weeks and are going to have some family discussions about how we might fit in that area. Employment will be an issue. I'm a law firm lawyer with a modest book of my own business most of which woudln't be portable to the coasts so I'd probably be starting from scratch. It's actually a non-political reason we'd consider moving too, I'm sick of billable hours, and there aren't a lot of high paying in-house legal positions in my area. My wife is a school counselor but is still working through some higher end certifications, it might delay us for a while, but the real issue is that so many people in Oklahoma education are bailing and she's been moving up like a rocket. We suspect that on the coasts where people actually care about public education there would be a lot more competition for her to find a nice well paid position. Kind of ironic that the main reason we'd be moving, education, is also a potential hurdle for the exact reason we'd move, better education. We've talked about this on and off for years but this is the first time we're actually going to take the next steps of determining feasibility.