<prompt> Human: So Ill just get right to it. I got laid off last week from a job I didnt particularly enjoy. Its made me think about a lot of things I had been suppressing, but the biggest one is that my wife and I arent really happy where we live. Despite our best efforts weve struggled to make friends and we miss our families. We want to relocate back to our hometown, but it would most likely set us back several years from a financial standpoint due to the fees associated with selling the house. I guess Im looking for some reassurance that its not a catastrophic mistake to move before I start applying for jobs there. We live in the Seattle area currently, so Im pretty confident we can sell the house for what we paid, if not more.Heres a summary of our financial situation:Income: I was making about 70kyr and will aim for similar income and wife is making about 17kyr part time but she might have trouble finding similar hourly pay in our home state. Cash: 10k emergency fund8300 in checking about 1k of that will be for paying off credit cards at the end of the month, Im a YNABer with a buffer13k coming from final paycheck and severanceDebts:Mortgage - 258k remaining principal, bought for 270k I know we fucked up not saving a bigger down payment and paying more than we should haveCar payment - 380moStudent loans - about 750mo combinedSo lay it on me. Would we be getting ourselves in a lot of trouble by moving or is it not as dire as Im imagining it?  <response>: Going for the emotional side not the financial side - been away from my family for a long time and every year I miss them more. Money will come and go. Family wont. I wish I had been closer to family when my daughter was little. I say embrace what the universe has brought you and go for it. 