Fresh Start

I figured I would post here instead of the OT in hopes of getting some serious advice. My wife and I are both in our early 40s. My wife has been a LPN for approximately 15 years. She currently works from home coding and has done that for approximately 5 years. I am over a Business Department for a fairly large State facility. I have worked for the State for a little over 15 years and have been in my current position for 8 years. I have dual degrees in Accounting and in Finance. Long story short I am tired of my current position and the BS that goes along with State work. I don’t believe I can do another 15 years to get to retirement. It would definitely be nice though. My wife and I have talked about cutting ties and moving to another State. She has no problem with her job because she can go anywhere. We have talked about many different places and it is kind of overwhelming to think of going to a new place. Ideally, we would like to be somewhere in the South because we do still have family here. We definitely don’t want subdivision living where we have neighbors right on top of us but, we don’t want to be in an area that is too far away from work, grocery stores, restaurants, good schools,etc. Texas has come up several times. Can any of you give me some ideas of where I could get a well paying job with my degrees and still have a good work/personal life balance? Really don’t want to have to deal with Hurricanes each year either.