Oddly enough we have seriously discussed moving overseas many times and we do have friends in your area.
But we can't do that til our parents pass away. After that we'll have no reason whatsoever to stay in the states!
That'll happen one day, just not anytime in the immediate future hopefully.
I just can't stand being out in the NC wilderness anymore. All the deer, the late night gas station attendants, the bible mutants that knock on my door when I'm trying to sleep. We currently live in a neighborhood that's pretty much for people with kids, and we will NOT be joining that group ever. Even the gay couple in the neighborhood has a kid.
It'd be different if Jim didn't have an hour and a half commute everyday and I had friends nearby, other than my cats.
Luckily, even with the bad economy, our property value has done nothing but rise and we live in a very sought-after area. Hopefully some missionary/seminary family moves in.
I'm really not looking forward to all the spackling, sanding, and painting I have to do.

I HAD to put posters all over the goddamn house.