I have moved around a lot because Perl jobs tend to show up in pockets. I took my last Perl position in Tucson because they had a hard time finding anyone willing to move to the area and they offered an fairly high salary.

After the company closed up, a Perl position would show up state-wide at a rate of 1 every 3 weeks or so. 1 position, for the whole state of Arizona!

When looking for another position, I found there were clusters of positions in certain cities and given a chance to go back I would have gone back to one of the cluster spots.

A few cities to consider are,

• Los Angeles(lot of Perl startups, pay is OK vs Cost of living)
• San Fransico(lot of Perl startups, pay is OK vs Cost of living)
• New York(Pay is poor vs Cost of Living)
• Washington DC
• Nashville (make sure you want to live there first, else you will be miserable)
• London, England
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Austin, TX
• Seattle, WA

Those are a few off the top of my head, but I am sure that there are more if I looked more carefully.

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