I go back and forth on this myself. The biggest thing keeping me from doing so is the cost of living. In South Carolina I rent a 1200 ft^2 (~110 m^2) 3 bedroom house on a third of an acre for less than $1,000 per month. I live about 10 minutes from the beach (Atlantic), and 15 minutes from work. My wife's a marine biologist and a yoga instructor. She'd be able to teach classes there, but it will take a while (if it's even possible) for her to get well-enough acquainted with the orgs in the area to continue her career as a biologist. That means to keep the same disposable income I'd need to cover both our salaries, plus the increased cost of living, and all the risk of our livelihood would be on me. The last time I ran the numbers I figured out that in order for us to have the same disposable income I'd need to make over $200k/yr or trade salary requirement for long commute times.