Hometown v. living away (imported from Myspace)

I am contemplating the value to be had in living in your hometown, where your roots are, near your family versus the value to be had in a lower-cost area, where your standard of living can be higher and you can enjoy things that you wouldn't be able to enjoy when you have to swallow a doubly-high mortgage payment. My friend moved home and has hated having to reduce her quality of life because of the high expense of housing, etc. I sympathize. There is yet a part of me though, that still would like to live near home. I think Green Cove is beautiful. Partly nostalgia, granted, but I love the river and the pretty scenery. I like the nearness to events and cultural doings. That's my biggest gripe with Dothan. There's nothing to do! That is, there is nothing to do without driving to either Panama City (1.5 hours), Montgomery (2 hours), Tallahassee (2 hours), Birmingham (3 hours) or Atlanta (4 hours). Yuck! How often did I really take advantage of the goings-on though?? I dunno.