# Would you move for a job? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790 "2011-05-30T21:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/61 "2011-06-02T01:47:58Z")
No, and I have a family. Basically there are a limited number of technology company hotbeds in the country, and I live in one of them. I can’t imagine feeling like any job is so awesome that I’d need to pack up and move just to get it or keep it. That being said, if I were offered a job in Austin, I’d consider it, mostly because it’s closer to my folks and where the inlaws live, and a technology hotbed in its own right. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/62 "2011-06-02T01:54:09Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Sure- > > My son is 16 and my daughter 13. They were both heavily involved in this decision and we presented multiple options for how to handle the move during school (especially for my son who is already in high school). If you are interested you can PM me and I can let you know what we discussed. My son is totally nonplussed by the move; my daughter is more wary but generally excited. I think you handled the situation well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/63 "2011-06-02T01:58:10Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I put “No and I don’t have a family” but technically I do have a family. I just assume the OP meant kids and spouse. > > I wouldn’t want to leave my parents and brother and SIL and niece and all my friends here in Ohio. Hell, I don’t even know if I could bare to live 2 hours away from everyone. > > If I did have a “family” I might be more inclined to move because I wouldn’t be utterly alone wherever I went. > > I think I’d be more inclined to move with a boyfriend/husband than to move small children. Perhaps older children I’d be ok about moving. My concern isn’t so much about leaving schools as it would be leaving free childcare (grammies). > > Anyway, I’m in a great place because I can work from wherever I want. My business partner up and moved 800 miles away and we didn’t miss a step. I work for the Internet and as long as the Internet stays in business for the next 30-40 years, I’m good to go from wherever I hang my hat. I meant children. You could have choosen other, too. It’s interesting to see how your family, in this case adults, not moving with you affects your choice. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/64 "2011-06-02T02:00:20Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Not only did I answer ‘yes’, but I feel there should have been a "I WANT to move for a job’ option. > > Not to get too far into it here, but a combination of not enjoying my current job, lack of advancement opportunities, nothing close to what I want to do in the area, and just being generally sick of this area in general makes me wish I could just go somewhere else and do what I think I want to do…but that’s not possible right now, so I have to keep at it for…umm…several more years. ☹ I’m sorry to hear that. Hopefully, something will change or come up faster than you think. When the economy improves, I’m sure you’ll have an easier time find work in a new location. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/65 "2011-06-02T02:03:35Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I said no, however as much as I like my area I could be tempted away to a few others ( Portland or Seattle for example ). The big issue is that at this point I couldn’t easily shed my CA mortgage, so I’m sort of stuck. Which is fine as I do love the area and I probably couldn’t make more anywhere else. I really want to buy a house, but I’m single. This (I don’t live in CA, though) is the only thing keeping me from doing so. I feel without a spouse or children, it’s just limiting my options. Not that I foresee myself leaving the state/country (or this job) any time soon, but I’ve been known to job hop and I don’t see this as the job I retire from. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/66 "2011-06-02T02:05:05Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I chose “Yes, and I have a family” and “Other”, because while I have kids, they’re over 18 and don’t live with me. In fact, they never lived with me. I’ve been single for going on 10 years now, so not only would I move for a job, I’d move if the wind was blowing just right. > > I can’t tell you how sick I am of Maine. Have you always lived in Maine? Have to ask, ever met Stephen King? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/67 "2011-06-02T02:07:41Z")
> [@CT\_Damsel](#): > > I voted **No and I don’t have a family**. We moved many many times when I was a kid. I moved many times as a young adult. Now I own my house and have finally grown my own roots. I love my house, street, town, the people and proximity to whatever I need. You will have to pry my cold dead body from this house. 😃 What a great answer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/68 "2011-06-02T02:09:25Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > When you blow your nose and your snot is grayish black, yeah, you know there are better places to live. > > I would move to a select few places but only if the SO wanted to go too. I would never go to a really really huge city - like NYC, LA, Chicago, etc. Likewise I’d never want to go to a town smaller than 100k people - with a few exceptions made for college towns. We’re young, though. I wouldn’t want to move kids past the 5th grade. > > Of course, hitting the lottery money and we’d be in San Francisco in a heartbeat. May I ask what you like about San Francisco? I’m a member of another online community and it seems people either love it or hate. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/69 "2011-06-02T03:29:21Z")
I think kids are pretty resilient. Before I went to college my family moved . . . honestly I can’t remember how many times. To be fair not all of those moves affected my school life. The big moves were: once when I was 6, again when I was 8, then again when I was 13 (this was the move from the US to Korea). It was difficult to adjust, especially the last move, but I survived. On the flip side of things, I think our last move had a huge impact on my brother, and I don’t think he really recovered until quite recently (at the age of 25). ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/70 "2011-06-02T04:08:36Z")
Give me a half way decent job in an interesting location, and I’m there. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/71 "2011-06-02T05:17:06Z")
I was born here, as was my father, his father and his father before him. Only that one grandparent was born here, but all four went to high school here. Except for my brother, all my family lives in the greater metropolitan area. (My brother lives 170 miles away, and that’s the closest he’s been in 7 years.) I have deep roots here. I’ve spent the better part of my 32 years here. OTOH, I am single with no kids. I am looking for work. I’ve not travelled much in my life and I’d like to see the world. I don’t have a college degree, so I don’t really have a career. I could get a crappy job anywhere in the US, at least. Maybe a change of scene is exactly what I need. I find it deathly frightening moving away from everything I know, though. I don’t drive and have literally $1 to my name, so I couldn’t move right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/72 "2011-06-02T12:50:38Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Have you always lived in Maine? > > Have to ask, ever met Stephen King? 😉 Yes. Every one of the million and a half people who live in Maine have a personal relationship with Stephen King. We take turns on who gets to hang with him on Friday nights. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/73 "2011-06-02T12:56:16Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Yes. Every one of the million and a half people who live in Maine have a personal relationship with Stephen King. We take turns on who gets to hang with him on Friday nights. Dude - you got Fridays? I’m so sorry. Everyone knows that the best parties were on Saturdays. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/74 "2011-06-02T23:43:21Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I was born here, as was my father, his father and his father before him. Only that one grandparent was born here, but all four went to high school here. Except for my brother, all my family lives in the greater metropolitan area. (My brother lives 170 miles away, and that’s the closest he’s been in 7 years.) I have deep roots here. I’ve spent the better part of my 32 years here. > > OTOH, I am single with no kids. I am looking for work. I’ve not travelled much in my life and I’d like to see the world. I don’t have a college degree, so I don’t really have a career. I could get a crappy job anywhere in the US, at least. > > Maybe a change of scene is exactly what I need. I find it deathly frightening moving away from everything I know, though. I don’t drive and have literally $1 to my name, so I couldn’t move right now. That was a well thought out answer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/75 "2011-06-02T23:44:24Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Yes. Every one of the million and a half people who live in Maine have a personal relationship with Stephen King. We take turns on who gets to hang with him on Friday nights. Send me a pm when it’s your turn. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/76 "2011-06-03T00:35:26Z")
What a bummer. I had last week. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/77 "2011-06-03T03:04:18Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > May I ask what you like about San Francisco? I’m a member of another online community and it seems people either love it or hate. I’d like to eat high quality seasonal produce all year long. I like the restaurant scene. I like the weather. I like the true walkability of the whole area - NYC is more walkable but the air (like in LA) is like sucking up cigarettes daily, so walkability + air quality. I like Palo Alto quite a bit. Of course the price of housing is truly disastrous so unless we hit the lottery I’d never live there. California taxes are hilarious. We _could_ afford to live there in a few years but we’d have to make lots of sacrifices to do so - probably couldn’t send our (future, theoretical) kids to a private school, would have a small 2/2 condo instead of a large 4/3 home where we are now, couldn’t have a small vacation cottage, would be far from family, etc. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790/78 "2011-06-03T03:16:03Z")
Doesn’t everyone on here have a family? Unless they congealed out of some swamp, lol. I don’t like working to begin with, but when I eventually get the J-word down pact, I don’t want to be away from friends, relatives, the place I play squash, or my favorite bars and hangouts. I also don’t like to travel to far away places on vacation, either, so there’s no pioneer spirit in me whatsoever! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-move-for-a-job/583790.md?page=3)