Fall city, carnation, snoqualmie, duvall, mill creek, woodinville et al. are all nice and still relatively inexpensive compared to Bellevue, Kirkland etc.

Problems happen everywhere - there is no Shangri-la. However, certain areas have less problems than others, so don't bring your problems with you. You don't work, so it's not like the commute to your couch is going to be hard regardless of where you live. If you can't do it for yourself, do it for your woman.

And yes, I would beat on you just for the shear principle alone.