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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 06:49 PM
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Poll question: Is it worth moving to a new city for a few months?
Edited on Mon Nov-21-05 06:54 PM by lionesspriyanka
so at some point i was applying to jobs in sf....last week someone called back and took a phone interview and offered me the position today...


now i have to be back in nyc in august for gradschool

is it worth moving for 8 months to a new city?

i have a job here...though the position in sf is a little bit more money.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 06:59 PM
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1. Yes!
I say, always take a chance to live somewhere different temporarily. You'll never regret it, and it's always a growth/learning experience.

Especially San Francisco -- I lived there in my footloose days and it was sooooo GREAT!

I lived in Boston and the in the mountains of Colorado for (separate) summers and those were experiences I'll always remember.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:22 PM
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2. How's your housing situation
in NYC?

I want to ask that before I offer my opinion.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:26 PM
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3. i dont have my own place yet
so i am fairly mobile...
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:33 PM
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5. Well then I think you should do it.
Move. :hi:
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usedtobesick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:32 PM
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4. It would be hard to pass up 8 months in SF
Winters there are much nicer then New York and it is a great place to hang. Living on the left coast is much more fun then the east coast... always! And I grew up in PA so I've done both...
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:37 PM
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6. Sounds like a wonderful opportunity....
Go for it :hi:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:40 PM
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7. If you can swing the relocation and housing costs
it sounds like a great adventure. :)
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:40 PM
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8. the only reason i hesitate is that
i haveto find a job and apartment when i come back from sf...which may be a pain
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:51 PM
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9. good reasons
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 07:54 PM
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10. Well, if you don't have a job and an apartment in NYC already.
Then it may be a pain now too. So since you'll be facing that potential pain in either scenario, why not jump at the opportunity to live in the Bay Area?

If it was my decision, my main hesitation would be the intense aversion I have to the act of moving. But if you're fairly young and haven't accumulated as much useless shit as a couple of 30-somethings with child(ren), then I think the kick-assedness of living in SF for 8 months would outweigh the suckiness of having to move one extra time.

Just my $.02 Cdn.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 08:00 PM
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11. i have a job in nyc
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 08:35 PM
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12. Oh...well....then disregard.
:)
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 08:39 PM
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13. but you don't like NYC, so try SF......
seriously, after school, shit like this seems like a much bigger deal. go for it while you are young and free.
SF is great in the winter!
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usedtobesick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 09:11 PM
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14. Another upside is that if you move you are further away from matcom
who seems to be naked and covered in Mayo... that has to count for something. I might move to South America on that thought.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4333493
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 09:13 PM
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15. Why not? Life should be an adventure.
Redstone
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 10:46 PM
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16. not if you're a homeowner
it costs many thousands to move the content of a home and you pay a 6 percent commission (maybe a little less) to sell your home and then you gotta buy another home and so...it is not considered worth it unless you plan to stay in an area 3 - 5 years

however, if you have no furniture to move and rent, it's prob. still not worth it if you have to sign a lease and put down a big deposit, but if you have a friend in the area and can just rent a room or if there is cheap housing, it can be very worthwhile

only you can run the numbers
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 10:53 PM
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17. One advantage would be you'd be much closer to me
Oh, wait... that'd be my advantage, not yours.

Nevermind. :blush:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 01:45 AM
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18. why thank you
:)
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