<prompt> Human: My wife and I purchased a house that is well within our budget. The house itself is beautiful. The problem is, we maybe should have done more research before biting the bullet and purchasing it - the neighborhood has kind of a bad reputation and while the house is affordable to us, something in the back of my mind keeps making me feel like we overpaid because this is not a desirable neighborhood according to a family membersome friends.Now personally, I dont think the neighborhood is bad. My neighbors are really great and I have met all the close ones. I feel safe here walking at night and whatnot. But I guess our city has a bad reputation. The schools are kind of averagestruggling they are rated 6s maybe one is a 7 I think. I knew this when I was buying and compromised on this fact because my wife and I dont have kids yet and arent planning for another couple years.The location to jobs and restaurants is very convenient. However my town itself does not have that many nice restaurantsentertainment options, though the town adjacent to us has all of these options. this nicer town is literally less than a mile away that has all the better schools, nightlife, dining, etc.What would you do? I was thinking we can 1 stay put for several years until we have a kid in school someday and then decide if we want to move to a better school district... or 2 we should save up right now to sell and move into the neighborhood that we really want asap?Or maybe I have just have post-coldfeet or something? Im not sure if it is normal to feel this way after purchasing a house that we both really wanted really bad.tl;dr wife and i purchased house in a neighborhood with bad rep. should we stick it out for 7-8 years, or save up and move to the better neighborhood asapAssistant: If the nicer town has all the nice stuff, and is one mile away, doesnt that mean youre next to the nice stuff? Something tells me youre letting the opinions of others dictate how you feel about your house Human: yes exactly! thats why i purchased the house to begin with. It is MUCH cheaper than the adjacent citys houses, but i still get all the benefits of the nice city since it is so close by... I get the perks of the nicer city for the price of the less desirable neighborhood. it started bothering me when i tell people where i bought my house, they give me a funny look...or had a family member say isnt that a rough neighborhood which i really dont think it is  <response>: So you are regretting buying your house only because of others likely incorrect opinions of it, even though you like your neighbors, the house, and the price?You should live where you want to live, not where other people think you should live. 