all of these places sound so wonderful...yes i know newport is expensive but hubbie insits he wants to live there and i must admit the houses are beautiful, im just worried about sending two normal kids to a school in a place like newport as i dont want them to feel left out as many rich kids would be there...yeh i know about the rain in chicago, when i was a teen we came over for a soccer comp and visited chicago u dont think i had ever seen so much rain in one place but hopefully its only temporary and the hubbie can get the business set up and we can move to our permanent home quickly. all the best with the move, when do you think you will head to the states