Help me decide if I should move or not?
So my lease is almost up at the apartment I’m
renting, and I can’t decide if I want to stay or move back to the smaller city I lived in before. The two cities are about 45 minutes away from each other, and my employer is right in between the two cities. My commute to work would be about the same either way. Rent prices would be relatively the same also.
I’m currently in a house that is split up into 2 apartments, and I like the area and my neighbors. I moved here last summer. I’m in a big city and my apt is a short walk from the downtown area. My biggest issues are that I don’t have a yard (only a very small patch of grass), and I have a saxophone that I never get to play because my apt is definitely not sound proof and my neighbors are never all gone at the same time. I also live right next to the highway so that’s fairly noisy. My 3 closest friends live in this city. There are lots of restaurants and bars I really like here.
My other option is to move back to the smaller city that (up until last summer) I have lived in since right after graduating high school (2013). There is a nice trailer park with lots of brand new mobile homes, I’d like to rent one of those. I wouldn’t be connected to neighbors, so I could play my saxophone. I would have a small yard, and would be a ~10 minute drive from the downtown area. It would be quieter and I would live much closer to my family, and have some friends here also. I would also be close to a lake I can kayak at (I have my own, but can’t keep it at my current apartment so it is at my sisters house). I think the only real downside here would be more driving because I can’t reasonably walk to any stores/bars/etc, and having to drive kinda far to see my best friends.
It’s very hard in both cities to find a whole house to rent. The only ones I can find are 3+ bedrooms and too expensive because of their size. I live alone and don’t want roommates. I also don’t want to buy yet because I’m not sure what area I want to permanently live in. Thanks for any input!
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