Re: Trying another State
 

I love it too - we have seriously considered living there but the head overruled the heart, as the train service is not great and I work in the city. Also properties don't come up for sale very often. I was surprised to see the demographic breakdown - as you say, quite a few Brits.

I think the attraction is the villagey, holiday place feel, but in reality the lack of facilities, not even a supermarket, would probably get to me. So we've just bought in the city fringes and Brooklyn has been put on the "maybe in a few years" pile. (We've been there quite a few times but a lasting memory is the bloke staggering up and down the middle of the street with a can of Jim Beam and coke in his hand and a cockatoo on his shoulder. :D )

OP - I agree with other posters that you really need to analyse why you are unhappy. Do you not like where you are now, or do you miss the UK? If you still think of the UK as "home", moving states is probably not going to help.

Sorry you are feeling this way. :(

Re: Trying another State
 

Hi

Interesting thread as we've had a few thoughts about doing this ourselves, not a cheap option as it seems to be about the same price to ship from Tasto the mainland as it did from the UK to Tas!!

OH would prefer just to move back to UK, but I think I'd rather try somewhere else, even if it was only for a year or 2, as it would give us the chance to try a different lifestyle and climate, the whole idea behind moving to Oz in the first place was to experience something different after all. The children would prefer not to move at all but simply because they don't want to change school, but they have said they would rather move to another state than return to the UK.

Hope it works out for you Kingseat, whatever you chose

Sam