^Wisdom. Consider as many options as you can and use your best judgment.
I've live in Maryland for 48 years and PA for just over 10. Both have a lot to offer, depending on who you are and what you are looking for.
As much as I would LOVE to, in all this time I still have not been able to find a job in PA that replaces the one I have that takes me traveling through Maryland and into DC. Not even working for the same company. Seems transfers are just as tight as the open job market itself.
All things considered we're happy (and happier) where we are in PA. Virginia would have been nice too if you can get away from the NoVa and Tidewater traffic and congestion. Virginia is probably close to being one of my favorite east coast states.
Yeah, I've been looking out west of Leesburg out toward...say Winchester or even the Stephens City areas.