<prompt> Human: So heres our situation. When we bought this house in 2006, it was affordable for what we both made at the time, and the neighborhood was nice and quiet, full of families and retirees. To give you an idea of the character of the neighborhood: kids sold lemonade and one of the neighbors gave the local kids hayrides on Halloween were on a dead end street. Fast forward to now. More and more of the original residents are either dying off or moving out, being mostly replaced by renters who do not keep up the properties at all. We see cop cars visit our street more often. I just looked up the local crime map: 156 crimes over the last 30 days within a 1 mile radius, and the nearest school has a freereduced lunch rate of 81.My wife and I have within the past 4 years both completed our career related educations and now make a combined income of 160k. We both carpool together to our jobs which takes anywhere from 30-60 minutes one way depending on traffic. We will not be having children, so we do not need extra room. We currently pay 600 a month on our mortgage and only have one 600 monthly car payment 0 interest that will be paid off in September. We also feel that we do not live amongst our peers, and that it might be nice to live in a neighborhood with people we feel we would actually want to socialize with.Given this information, is it unreasonable for us to desire to move within the next 5-10 years to try to improve our surroundings?  <response>: Not unreasonable at all. I would be looking for my dream house in my dream neighborhood. Why wait 5-10 years though? If your neighborhood is in decline, it might be financially smarter to move sooner rather than later. 