Where should I move?
The search asks for a destination. The decision asks which of two or three real places, including stay, is better supported after money and constraints are writ...
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A move is several decisions pretending to be one
People search 'where should I move' as if there is a national ranking that fits every household. There is not. There is a scored comparison of places against your job, housing budget, tax picture, and what you refuse to give up.
Argumont is decision support. It is not tax, legal, real estate, or financial advice. Licensed work stays with licensed people.
What the search hides
A move can be a job move, a cost-of-living move, a tax move, a school move, or a remote-work location bet. Scoring them as one slogan produces a pretty city and a bad year.
The useful question names two or three real places, plus stay. Stay is an option. It should be scored, not treated as failure.
Evidence that should exist
Take-home pay after state and local tax, rent or purchase cost for the housing you would actually use, commute or remote setup, and family constraints you will not override. Chamber of commerce 'best places' lists are marketing.
User-confirmed salary and housing numbers should stay labeled as yours until a source supports them.
How Argumont treats it
Each city or state is an option. Criteria and weights are frozen before you fall for weather photos. Confidence should fall if tax or housing evidence is missing.
A verdict can refuse a strong winner. That is better than a viral ranking with no trail.
Example criteria
Take-home pay
What remains after tax and ordinary withholdings, not headline salary.
Housing cost
The home or rent you would actually occupy, not a metro median.
Work access
Job market, remote policy, or commute you will live with.
Household fit
Schools, family, health care access, and constraints you will not pretend away.
Reversibility
What it costs to be wrong and move again.
Example
Stay in the current city, move to Austin for a job, or move to a lower-cost remote city. Compare those three. Do not ask which city is 'best' in the abstract.
Questions
- Will Argumont tell me the best state to live in?
- No. It will score the places you name against criteria you can inspect. National 'best state' lists hide the weights.
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