We Moved From California To Idaho With Small-town Retirement Dreams But Moved Back After 4 Years.

Jodi Wright and her family moved from California to Caldwell, Idaho, in 2020 but moved back after four years.Courtesy of Jodi Wright/Getty ImagesJodi Wright, 56, moved from California to Idaho in 2020 in search of a quiet place to retire.Wright and her family built a custom home outside Boise.But the family moved back to California earlier this year because of rising prices.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jodi Wright, a 56-year-old stay-at-home mother whose family moved from Sacramento, California, to Caldwell, Idaho, a small town about 30 minutes west of Boise, in 2020.Idaho's housing market has exploded in the last half-decade, with the median home price jumping from $360,700 in September 2020 to $481,100 in September 2024, according to data from Redfin.

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