Long distance parenting

To all my parents who co-parent from separate states/countries, how did you decide to do this? How does it work for you?
I am currently local with my ex-partner but since he has withdrawn his support to be a hands on parent; not just visit every so often; my family overseas thinks I should relocate there so I have support. I have no one where I'm at now to help me other than him and his family and they don't even contact me.