So I got a good job offer down at the coast. It's literally within minutes of an apartment that Rikki and I looked at last year, which is about 5 minutes outside of downtown Portsmouth - a town with actual culture and history and goings-on. It's right on our favorite bike route, Route 1A, which also happens to be a great driving road. Rent is only about $400/month more than we're paying here, and it includes most utilities. The only downsides are that we have to leave our mountains and some people behind. The mountains are only an hour away though, and most of the people would be leaving soon anyway to go back to where ever they're from (mostly foreign Visa workers)...Rikki seems to be taking it a little tougher than I am, which is in turn making it a little tough on me 
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