Moving to Ohio?

TaylorP5 · September 2012

Anyone from around that area here on the S12 board

The reason I ask is because my fiance wants to move to Sandusky, Ohio because his dad is getting a good job there. There are more opportunities there and more to do. I don't really want to leave my family and I am having a hard time because I am close to my family. I want to go somewhere new so I am all for this but my mom is buried here, my dad lives here, and I am already comfortable and established here. I guess I am just scared of living somewhere new! We are living in Illinois right now in the Champaign area and there isn't much around here so it would be best for us to go. Sorry I am rambling! I am just wondering how many of you ladies left your family and went off to live somewhere new?

Hopefully everyone is having a good day!

TAGSL710 · September 2012

I'm from Michigan but have gone to Sandusky a bajillion times to go to Cedar Point. Sandusky is pretty shady outside of CP. I got lost there once and was pretty scared. My sister worked at CP one summer and there were a lot of scary things that happened. She left early because of how dangerous it was.

MrsAB1316 · September 2012

Oh boy, do I know ALL about this. DH and I found out we were having a baby AND that we were being transferred in the same week. We lived in Arkansas (where I'm from and have lived my entire life) and got relocated to New Jersey. I have never lived this far away from my family for this long before. (I picked up and moved to Hawaii when I was 19...a week later, I packed up and moved my happy butt right back home)

It was so very hard to not only leave everyone behind, but to make this huge move while pregnant with my first child...away from my mom and sister.

However...this move has strengthened my marriage tenfold. We have learned to really lean on each other and rely on ourselves to make it in this world. It's also made me so much more confident in my abilities as a mom. I feel like a much more independent and resourceful woman than ever before. We've grown so much in the few months...we go exploring and have places that are just ours. Nothing from the past tainting it...nothing that has any other history other than just us...

I know it's very scary to strike out on your own and to be far away from your family, but you can do it.

That being said...this is a decision that needs to be made by BOTH of you. You have to be completely on board or else it won't work. Make sure you are both honest about your feelings. But, also be open minded. HTH.

MeatballEsq · September 2012

TAGSL710:
I'm from Michigan but have gone to Sandusky a bajillion times to go to Cedar Point. Sandusky is pretty shady outside of CP. I got lost there once and was pretty scared. My sister worked at CP one summer and there were a lot of scary things that happened. She left early because of how dangerous it was.

Yeah I'm from Ohio. We have a place on Lake Erie, not too far from Sandusky. Sandusky is low-middle income class town. It is not a big city by any means. Cedar Point (an amusement park) is nice and the main income for the town. It does have some shady parts like Tags mentioned. Have you ever seen Tommy Boy? That movie was based in Sandusky! If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me.

TaylorP5 · September 2012

TAGS & MrsAB you have helped. I kind of want to go there to visit first and see how we like it!

TAGS- that sounds scary and I'm a scaredy cat so I am glad you told me this. I want to move to Ohio but maybe somewhere a little closer to where my family lives too. Maybe we can find somewhere in between.

MrsAB- I am glad that things are going good and your right about things that are just yours. It's good to make your own memories. I am a daddy's girl and I know it'll be hard but I gotta grow up sometime. He is the only thing making me not want to leave. I haven't really talked to my dad about it yet because nothing is set in stone. I just don't know anything about this place and have only been to the Troy/Dayton area in Ohio.

TaylorP5 · September 2012

tonir319:
TAGSL710:
I'm from Michigan but have gone to Sandusky a bajillion times to go to Cedar Point. Sandusky is pretty shady outside of CP. I got lost there once and was pretty scared. My sister worked at CP one summer and there were a lot of scary things that happened. She left early because of how dangerous it was.

Yeah I'm from Ohio. We have a place on Lake Erie, not too far from Sandusky. Sandusky is low-middle income class town. It is not a big city by any means. Cedar Point (an amusement park) is nice and the main income for the town. It does have some shady parts like Tags mentioned. Have you ever seen Tommy Boy? That movie was based in Sandusky! If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me.

Thanks Toni I probably will! Tommy Boy is one of my favorite movies. Maybe we can move to a close town by Sandusky or something. It's a big decision that just go thrown my way yesterday right before I was heading off to bed.

emasters · September 2012

TAGSL710:
I'm from Michigan but have gone to Sandusky a bajillion times to go to Cedar Point. Sandusky is pretty shady outside of CP. I got lost there once and was pretty scared. My sister worked at CP one summer and there were a lot of scary things that happened. She left early because of how dangerous it was.

This. It's kind of gross, and last time I was there I stopped with friends at a gas station and people got into a fight and one the guys threatened to get his gun from his car.

But being close to Cedar Point would be awesome!! Maybe try to look for a place outside of that city that is a little nicer? I was bummed I couldn't go to CP this summer because of my bump. Crying

TaylorP5 · September 2012

emasters:
TAGSL710:
I'm from Michigan but have gone to Sandusky a bajillion times to go to Cedar Point. Sandusky is pretty shady outside of CP. I got lost there once and was pretty scared. My sister worked at CP one summer and there were a lot of scary things that happened. She left early because of how dangerous it was.

This. It's kind of gross, and last time I was there I stopped with friends at a gas station and people got into a fight and one the guys threatened to get his gun from his car.

But being close to Cedar Point would be awesome!! Maybe try to look for a place outside of that city that is a little nicer? I was bummed I couldn't go to CP this summer because of my bump.

Yeah this is the kind of environment we don't want to be around because the area we live in has been having more and more of this stuff happen! I think finding a place somewhere outside the area is a great idea. Lol Thanks ladies now I can have some things for my fiance to think about. I feel like his mind is frazzled lately and he isn't thinking clear! FTD nerves maybe.

emasters · September 2012

TaylorP5:
emasters:

TAGSL710:
I'm from Michigan but have gone to Sandusky a bajillion times to go to Cedar Point. Sandusky is pretty shady outside of CP. I got lost there once and was pretty scared. My sister worked at CP one summer and there were a lot of scary things that happened. She left early because of how dangerous it was.

This. It's kind of gross, and last time I was there I stopped with friends at a gas station and people got into a fight and one the guys threatened to get his gun from his car.

But being close to Cedar Point would be awesome!! Maybe try to look for a place outside of that city that is a little nicer? I was bummed I couldn't go to CP this summer because of my bump.

Yeah this is the kind of environment we don't want to be around because the area we live in has been having more and more of this stuff happen! I think finding a place somewhere outside the area is a great idea. Lol Thanks ladies now I can have some things for my fiance to think about. I feel like his mind is frazzled lately and he isn't thinking clear! FTD nerves maybe.

Well good luck and happy hunting!! Don't get too stressed, everything will work out.

discohiker · September 2012

I just moved to the West side of Cleveland this summer after living all my life in Indiana. Like you, all of my connections and family are in Indiana. I had to switch OBs and get a new job.... but the experience has been really good for my husband and I to "cut the strings" so to speak. I also think we moved here at a really good time... seems that this area is on the upswing. Houses are affordable and the lake is really nice! Also.... the summer has been MUCH cooler than where you and I live/grew up.

The airport is not far, your family will come visit for the baby.... and the visits will be of Quality, not the quantity that you would have had at home.

If the future benefit makes it worth it, do it!

hmp1 · September 2012

I know nothing about that area, but DH and I moved away from our family last year when DS was 8mo old. We miss our parents and friends but love our life here. We moved for DH's job and he is very happy with his new company. I was able to keep my job but work from home so another win (I was actually given a promotion and raise to stay with the company).

LyndseylovesHugh · September 2012

I left my family to go off to college when I was 18, so I am no help there, but years later when I met DH we moved to the town he grew up in and lived near his family and were there until we had to move for his job when I was 18 weeks pregnant. Now it was not my immediate family I was moving away from, but it was still hard because I was excited for my LO be near at least one set of grandparetns, and I had a lot of friends there. Moving was stressful, especially being pregnant, but now that we have been here for a few months I love it! It is an area I have always wanted to live (Seattle area) and we are having so much fun here, I think it will be a great place for LO to grow up! So my advice would be to go visit and see if it is an area you would like to live, and if so then go for it, don't let the fact that you are scared to move away from family stop you from trying something new! Good luck!

L8kissie · September 2012

I moved from Northern California to Southern California when we got married eight years ago. Our parents are in Northern. It's been 8 years and my husband is much better with it than I am. I still miss it and had an even harder time when we had ds because we didn't have any family close. It bothers me that my son won't have the same relationship with his grandparents as I had with mine. He does see them, but it sure isn't as often as I saw mine. On the plus side, we skype tons with all of them, so they get to see him grow and change as well. GL with your decision. I know it's a hard one.

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