I'm debating on moving into a big town but am a little nervous about my nine year old going to a bigger school. He has always been to a small town school where the population wasn't too high. 'everybody knows everybody', kind of town. My brother and I went to a school in a big city in Northern California and I remember being miserable a lot of the time. If you weren't 'in', you weren't good enough to be friends with. It literally sucked and we've been through several fights, verbally and physically and I do not want that for my son.

I'm kind of torn in the decision because my son really enjoys his school now and has several friends but if we do move, financially, we will be better off.

Any thought as to what I should do or what I should consider?

I'm literally stressing about this issue.