Let me rephrase the question. What's preventing you from living in your ideal location?
The utter lack of an ideal location.
That sounds like a snarky answer, but I mean it seriously.  I'm not sure, all things taken together, that there really IS a better location than where I am now.  Some things here I dislike, other things I like.  You dream of other places being better, but are they?
In my opinion, the single greatest "ruiner" of a fantastic location is government control in action.  Doesn't matter which party.  And we have zero control of how that's playing out, despite the mantra "get out and vote!" (which I do every time).  This is ruining many places I otherwise might consider moving to.  Are there any places left without a government, or only a very minimal one?