Hi folks, thinking about moving to your fair county, tell me why I should or should not.

About me (us, really), 40 yo partnered lesbian, finishing my doctorate in nursing practice in psychiatry and mental health soon. Partner is in her late 20s, a ceramics artist who has worked in film and TV production, but would really not care to do that as a career. We also have a dog and are considering maybe one kid in the next couple of years. We are experienced hikers who also like to fish and hunt sometimes. I started a large mutual aid organization a few years ago in the city where we live now, we spend a lot of time volunteering on our urban farm. Politically we float somewhere between left of Bernie and burn all bankers alive.

The dream; a decent sized farm about 40 or so miles inland from the bay, so like an hour or hour and a half to Eureka/Arcata. Say 50ish acres, with maybe 5 or so acres dedicated to vegetables, fruit trees and chickens. I would like to use my degree to work with the Hoopa and Yurok people, as well as try to tackle substance abuse and homelessness in the general population. She would like to work the garden and on her ceramics, potentially offering pottery classes or maybe some type of Airbnb experience where people could take a class, then have a meal and spend the night while she fires their creations in her kiln.

Obviously the truth about living in Humboldt is neither Murder Mountain nor hippie paradise. I'd love to hear from locals. Is the dream achievable? Are mental health workers needed? Why should we do it? Why shouldn't we do it? We have our wilderness permits for our lost coast trail hike this summer, anything we should do to understand what real life is like in Humboldt while we're there? Thanks for your thoughts :)