re: How important is living where you want to live to your happiness?

I'm retired and want to downsize and move to a more rural environment and away from the BS of inner city life. Part of it is for a more peaceful lifestyle, a nicer sized piece of property and another part is for the less cost of daily living expenses.

I know for certain my auto insurance will be much cheaper, property taxes far cheaper, homeowner's insurance likely cheaper since I'd be living in a smaller home even though rural homeowner prices are usually a bit higher due mainly to fire protection being better in a large city.

I live in a neighborhood in N.O. that sees a lot of foot and vehicular traffic. Neighbors houses so close you can almost touch them, and it seems every house except mine has a fricking dog----or two, some of whom like to bark for no other reason other than they can.

I'm just biding my time for the wife to retire and we're out of here.