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7 hours ago, FluffyBalls said:

 

Being able to work 100% remotely is the holy grail of mobility! Can you split time between the US and Italy?

 

One of my friends works 100% remote and his wife is Chinese, they spend 3 months in China (when it's winter here) and 9 months in Chicago in a condo near downtown. 

that's my ultimate goal for the next 5 to 8 years, trying to find a job that will allow me to split between the US and italy  that would be a dream scenario

2 hours ago, sherydenise said:

I'll be moving to Quincy when I come, my husband just moved into our new place at the beginning of the month. He really wanted to be in the more Northern areas (Malden etc) but we were finding it difficult to find an affordable place. I was looking at apartments a year ago and prices back then were even a couple hundred cheaper per month than they are this year. I am excited to be living in the Boston area, but not excited about the prices lol

Quincy is pretty good, very well connected to the city. I think you'll like the Boston area, there's a lot to do and there are a lot of opportunities.. but yea the cost of living/housing is extremely high at the moment, it's comparable to nyc, it gets overwhelming.. it's all about finding the right balance (still trying to convince my husband on that part 😂)

I feel the same way. I’m from Milan, Italy and now I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere in Central Massachusetts (I call it “the bush” lol). I’ve been here for almost 4 years and it hasn’t been easy. My husband works remote for a nyc company and he owns a house here. When he bought this house he commuted 2 hours one way by car to Boston (crazy, huh!).. I sure can’t do that.. I drive 45 minutes one way (not too too bad during warm months, but hell during winter) for a job that feels just like a job, nothing I care about keeping long term.

Before getting married I visited him here 4 times and we agreed on moving to the Boston area (the plan was to find a place like 30-45 minutes train commute to the city) for a better quality of life and more work opportunities for me. Unfortunately, the house market in the Boston area has been crazy for the past few years. What makes me sad is that my husband doesn’t want to compromise on any other city. I understand that the Boston area is out of our financial possibilities right now, we both don’t want some crazy high mortgage on our shoulders and he says he can’t live in a "tiny" condo because he works from home and he needs some space (his words lol). It’s understandable, but there are countless of other options out there. He doesn’t want to move out of state because of his family, he is very close to his siblings. Our relationship is good, we knew each other for 5 years before getting married. but yea, I’m kind of miserable here and sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing. I definitely miss having more of a social life and living in a more "vibrant" area, it gets lonely... hopefully it will get better

I received my notice today today too

They got my papers on Nov 30th (Vermont)..  case was transferred to Texas in the middle of December 2018.

I thought we were going to get a RFE since i'm not in the deed of the house (my husband bought it 10 years before we first met'.. we are planning to move so we didn't feel like spending money to change the deed) and we didn't have utility bills with both our names except cellphones.. i guess we provided enough other evidence, no RFE for us. Good luck guys!