I grew up as an Army brat, so I know what moving around is all about. We moved every 18 months on average, during my childhood.
We finally stayed put for three years in Okinawa during the mid-sixties and I sank some roots. It made me nuts when we had to leave.
Since then, the longest I've stayed put in one house is seven years. At 57, I'm really sick of moving, but I've got at least two moves coming before I retire. Thankfully, though, they'll both be in North Texas, so it's not all that bad.
Four and a half hours away from the nearest city sounds like the middle of nowhere to me, but at my age, I think I could learn to love it. If things work out, I'll be finding something similar here in Texas in the next five years.
The moving thing was fun at first. It got old after the 3rd move, I was done then. We didn’t move around as much as you did. Averaged a move every 3.5 years.