Flirting with a life in a new place had merely been a form of escapism for when life became monotonous. You see, our small-town fantasy had always been an indulgence. We arrived home excited about the idea of a fresh start.Īnd that’s when things got hard. The prospect of picking up and starting over someplace new felt real. The ride home was different after that weekend. As we explored Traverse City that weekend, we started checking all the boxes for what we were looking for out of a place to live. Affordable (or at least more affordable than we were accustomed to) cost of living. We had found a place that we could envision as our place. We had never before seriously indulged our small-town fantasy, figuring that it could never really happen. Our first visit to Traverse City as a couple was after our first daughter was born. That is, until we visited Traverse City, Michigan, a small town of 17,000 full-time residents located on the shores of Lake Michigan. No matter the destination, we came up with a reason why it wasn’t realistic. By the time we got home, we inevitably talked ourselves out of the idea. Almost every time my wife and I used to go on vacation, we’d spend time during the car or plane ride home going back and forth about how nice it would be to live full-time in the destination we had just visited.
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