We moved to a small island with our 10-month-old after finding a house for $1,000 a month that felt too good to be true
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While deciding where to settle down with our baby, we found an affordable home on an island in Maine. We moved there, and it's been great.
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We moved to a small island in Maine, and have found it to be a great place to raise kids.Jenna MannWhen looking for a three-bedroom home, we found a place for $1,000 on an island in Maine.We took a trip with our baby, fell in love with the island, and decided to move there.Three years later, I'm so glad we moved here, despite the occasional challenges.Three years ago, we were in Indiana. My husband Kevin was finishing grad school, and I was absently, fruitlessly scrolling through Zillow while our baby was napping in his crib.Kevin had just secured a remote job, which opened the whole country up to us. This was exciting, until I realized we needed three bedrooms: one for us, one for our baby, and a third for a remote workspace.A three-bedroom house on one income is hard to swing in most parts of the country, and I was feeling increasingly depressed about my search.We're both from New Jersey, and we really wanted to get back to the coast. It quickly became apparent that homes in New…