I am not staying down here for the rest of my life. Once kids get on their own I might spread my wings. My wife wants to move back to Alabama, but them folks say Roll Tide too much, no offense @Jay21. I get along just fine with the Bama fans of the family, we have enough Auburn and LSU folks sprinkled in to make it interesting.I know they have one in Dallas which is how many hours from you? Here on the east coast we have DC, Raleigh, Atlanta, Orlando, Philly, NY, Miami, Sommerville, MA. Many here on the east coast. There is only one solution to this problem my dear friend. You will have to move to the east coast.
I checked and Dallas is about 3 1/2 hours away. It could be a day trip.