Go to where the money is...

Is the advice my dad recently gave to me that my mom's dad gave to him when he was my age, 27. Recently my fiance and I decided we're leaving OH after the wedding to move out west. However she wants more mild winters and more warm weather so we decided upon Arizona. Our first thought was Phoenix, it'd be really easy to get jobs cuz of it being a city however... it's a city and way too hot in the summers. We live in columbus now and are over it due to wasting so much time commuting to and from work, commuting 45min to an hour and a half just do some recreational outdoor activities away from people. We just feel like our lives are flashing by but we're doing nothing because to do anything while living in a city it requires a lot of commuting time. With that being said we are looking at 2hrs north of phoenix, mild winters and awesome summers and in the middle of elk and deer territory as well as an outlet to some amazing hiking and biking (for her and I). It's littered with smaller towns from 10-30k people, right in our wheel house.

With that being said she would most likely be taking a pay cut of $10k and I'm assuming I'd drop 10-15k as well. To me I don't see an issue in this because we're good with our money and we can just cut back on some misc expenses. I see my dads point, i think, but he was always miserable and still kinda is. I obviously don't take it personally just cuz he's a grump but he said if he never got married and had kids his dream would to be living in a cabin in Montana with the dogs. Is the money really worth being somewhere where you're not happy?

Thanks guys! Vent over.

T.J.

Thanks guys I appreciate the responses! My thing yeah in the city right now I make hellvua good money for my age but... I work 50-60hrs a week and commute an hour a day for work then when I get home another hour to take the dog to the lake/woods. When my buds at home, who make a good bit less than me, drive 10min to work, work 8hrs, go home and pick up their bows/guns and hunt the evenings or meet up for some drinks and grilling, I barely have time to cook dinner.... My fear is kids are in my future, <5yrs and I don't want to make an irresponsible decision now and pay for it later.