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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Coug91" data-source="post: 3747504" data-attributes="member: 44269">By my screen name you can guess I'm a transplant. Born and raised in the middle of Washington, lived in Spokane for over 20 years (spent a good chunk of that time playing in a sandbox for my uncle) and never planned or really thought much about living anywhere else. Then my wife's folks got tied of snowy winters and my mom passed away. Kids were in elementary and middle school, so figured a move wouldn't be as hard on then add if they were in high school and looking to college. So we started looking where we would move to. My agency has 12 offices around the country plus DC and KC. We looked at all of those and drooped out most due to weather (Billings, ST Paul) cost of living (and politics of CA) and considered Raleigh, Dallas, and OKC. First time up, I made the mistake of having a map of historical tornado tracks up in screen when my wife saw it. Yeah, no. About 3 months later, another position came up and after doing more research on the other options and OKC, we decided OKC was a solid choice. I came out for an interview and to look around since I'd never been here.  I moved about 2 months later and spent weekends house hunting. Wife and I would look at listings, pick a half dozen and I go to open houses.  Two months and we bought a place. Sold our house in Spokane 3 times. First and third to same butter. Last time at $10k more than the first because prices had gone up and consideration of her first time failure to have solid financing in place. SMFH. She turned the house into a group care home.  Meh.After looking at homes and schools all around the metro area we choose Edmond for the schools, then north of Waterloo for Logan County. Edmond schools are awesome, probably best public schools in the state. We've been here right at 3 years and wouldn't trade it for anywhere else... Maybe Maui, but that's not realistic. LOLI work for the gov, office is downtown, but have been working from home for 2 years, and likely not going back to the office any time soon. Everything I do, I can do from anywhere with a solid internet connection. Technology is great, until you're neighbors buried fence installers cut your fiber optic cable that runs across the front of their lawn. My wife is an MLT @ DLO and works weekends and loves it. They're short on MLTs and MLSs, offering sign on bonuses. Give a shout if you want to ask "transplant perspective" questions.</blockquote>

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