...over half the US population has been in an airplane less than 5 times. Many have never been on a plane at all. Well over half the US population lives (and will die) within 100 miles of where they were born. Those people simply do not comprehend the idea of just picking up and moving somewhere. They look at it in terms of how they would react and they feel that it would be a chore. Since you're willing to do it, then there must be a huge reason why you'd be happy to do it!
Yeah. I left a town of 20,000 in a rural area to go to college in a distant city where I had zero connections. It is certainly a leap of faith that many people don't need or want to take. The vast, vast majority of my classmates in high school stayed within 50 miles of home.

I don't take the idea of relocating lightly; my wife and I have talked it over extensively and it happens to fit our goals. Interestingly, many of our couple friends in Los Angeles have relocated out of state recently. Jobs here are plentiful, but the cost of housing is beyond astronomical. Those couples were willing to change BOTH partner's jobs.

If you're interested in moving to the Columbus Ohio area (where my 2400 sqft house was around $200k), I can hook you up. Especially if you know Java. :-)
Ohio sounds great, but Java? Sacre Bleu! ;-)

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In reply to Re^2: Distant Job Search Challenges by freddo411
in thread Distant Job Search Challenges by freddo411

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