Buying land - is it worthwhile?

[jaytrader]

Our plans may have changed in the blink of an eye…

Moving two hours north to country/rural area temporarily to save $50k+ for a couple years

TL;DR: Move two hours north/away from family to save $24k+ per year? So, this does definitely jive with my buying land thread, but is a bit different. This scenario just came upon us, and so I figured it was worthy of its own thread, since this is a topic around our primary house rather than a “vacation” house. Current situation: live an hour from wife’s parents, and an hour from mine, and pay $2900/month to live in a 1300sqft townhouse (2bedroom/1.5bath). ($2623 is PITI + $300 HOA). Owe $340k…