QotD: (Not) Far From Home

How far from your last home do you live? Why did you move and are you glad you did? 
Submitted by Matthew 25.

We moved about 1000 miles from Maryland to Iowa. We moved for as myriad of reason, primarily financial.  The cost of living in the DC area was squeezing us beyond what we could continue to afford.  We also moved to get away from the influx of urban ills and all the stresses associated with long commutes and a generally overcrowded area. 

Am I glad we moved?  I can't think of much to miss. Oh, my little town lacks the cultural life of an urban area and I sometimes long to see a mountain on the horizon, but that's about all.  This slow paced, rural lifestyle gives us more time to enjoy simple living.  The lack of malls and "big box" stores, plus the fact that local stores close at 5 pm and on Sundays, encourage us to think more about what we buy and how much driving we do.  The urban amenities are at least 40 miles away in any direction.

I feel sometimes like we've gone back in time.  That's not a bad thing.