Moving out of ghetto into better place feels amazing

My wife and I (29 years old) have always been very cheap people to a fault.

We want to retire early so we save about 75% of our income. We our off to good start with 325k semi liquid.

This goal has made it so we basically live in ghetto/very small apartments over the last 5 years (one being 175 sq ft “micro” studio for 3 years)

Well this weekend we finally stepped up and are paying $300 more a month for apartment in beautiful/safe area.

I have to say, not living directly next to the freeway in the ghetto has been life changing… after 72 hours I feel calmer and happier already.

I guess my main point is it’s insane how much our environment affects us, I would have denied this before but I have to admit I was wrong.

Anyone gone through something similar?