[DocTomoe]

Seems like the problem is in your attachment to your flat. Fixer-upper houses in the countryside are basically cheaper than a year's one-bedroom rent in the Bay Area. It's all a question of trade-offs. Would you rather

a) have a soul-crushing job and a nice flat or b) live happily, but in the Mid-West?

[criddell]

Those aren't the only two choices.

[nnnnico]

That is possible if you have 0 responsabilities, or just dont care

[forbiddenvoid]

"You could just move somewhere cheaper" is always written by someone without a spouse or children.

[Pet_Ant]

Those are ramifications one should consider when deciding to do either of those things. Having done one of those, I wish I had done the other. No one can make you happy but you, so the best predictor of happiness is having the independence to pursue your own interests.

[Aeolun]

If I had to decide for just me that would be an easier decision.