Planning to start a family soon and recently got 91k job at midwest. I am thinking of buying a house in midwest and settle here. I have lived both in east coast and midwest and i dont think more salary/better job oppertunities/diversity in east coast is worth it considering the housing prices, crime rate etc.. I can find a nice house with plenty backyard in nice neighborhood for less than 300k in midwest, same house costs 450k+ in DC, virginia area. I am confident with my expereince (I am SQL DBA with 6+ years expereince) I can easily find job anywhere...Other place I am considering is dallas, texas area. The more I wait to buy house the more I am wasting my money on rent.. Any suggestion?