Josh Hartman and his family moved from Texas to Missouri in 2021 when he started a new job. But Hartman and his wife are happier with their kids' education in Missouri. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Josh Hartman, a 42-year-old operations manager who moved with his family from Dallas to Sikeston, Missouri, in 2022. We moved to Sikeston, Missouri, in 2022We moved primarily for work, but the location played a big part, too. Then we moved to Texas, and it was summer nine months out of the year.

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