Move away from this town or stay put? at the crossroads!

People of IIN, please can I have your advice? : ) Without wanting to sound all self-important, I feel I'm at a pivotal point in life and it's time to weigh up some pros and cons and make some decisions and move forward. The last few years haven't been great in some ways and I've had a lot of stress. I'm in my mid-twenties and feel like I need to act now, or possibly regret it later. My partner and I would like to move away from where we are now. It's not that bad and family are near by. But it's the town where we went to school. We're both frustrated with our jobs and would like to move on to other jobs as well. Our current ones aren't going anywhere. The place we'd find to live might be the place where we 'start a family' as well. So that's another thing to consider. Our budget would still be tight, but the areas we're thinking about are cheaper. Where we are now is an expensive area and we'd struggle to get a nice 2 bed place.

I guess where we are is comfortable but uncomfortable, if you see what I mean? It would be easier to stay here and there are pros, but what we really want is to move elsewhere, new jobs. By elsewhere I mean 20-40 or so miles away. No more than about 50. So nothing major. Even though it's ultimately our decision, my partner especially feels that some of his family wouldn't like it if he moved further away and with that would come some guilt : / Even though it shouldn't! My own grandmother is almost 80 and it does go through my mind that... what if she starts to get sick and I'm not as close by any more? But that's a what if. She's quite healthy, though. Does that sound like an excuse?!

Sorry if it seems like I'm having a first world problem... I'm just feeling a bit all over the place and unsure and would appreciate some advice and input. Thanks.