Legitimately considering a move out west.

[tdawg87]

Simply put, I'm not happy out here. Miserable, actually. I need to start my life over.

Any tips? I work in healthcare but have a ton of retail experience. My credit is complete shit.

I have family but they're older (aunt is 75). Just not sure where to get started. Is California a good place to live? Oregon? Washington? 

[AngelsLakersFan]

Those are all great places, but the bigger cities are pretty expensive.

I feel like you'd be in for a little culture shock leaving New Hampshire... unless you went and lived out in the woods with Chuck...

[Blarg]

California is expensive in any major city or county. In the Orange County area you would be hard pressed to find a studio apartment under $1,200 a month unless it's a complete rathole. It's worse in LA county. The IE is sketchy, some places like Rancho Cucamonga are nice, then east of there it falls off the edge faster than flat earthers trying to sail to China. 

[mrwicked]

Move to the bay area dude it's awesome.

[Blarg]

First thing you're going to think is Central California is the place to go where your money stretches further. Then you drive through that burning wasteland and decide living on the Streets in Newport Beach is better than a condo in Stockton.

[Angelsjunky]

Having lived on both coasts I can unequivocally say that I greatly prefer the West coast. As Jim Morrison said, the West is the best (get here and it will do the rest). Plus, NH kind of sucks.

I lived in Portland from 1995 to 2007 and still miss it. Went back for a visit during New Year's and still loved it. Great foodie culture, lots of sexy hipster chicks, but also lots of annoying lumbersexual dudes. But like all west coast cities it is pretty expensive, especially relative to Manchester.

As far as misery goes, starting over is good but I highly recommend losing weight (I think you said you are pretty fat?). Check out Snake Diet (Youtube). Pretty extreme but it works if you can dedicate yourself to it (fasting). The dude who started it is pretty funny.

[Stradling]

California is awesome, except for the cost and the traffic.  The more I think about it I will probably retire in 10 years out of state instead of staying in CA because of taxes in retirement.  If you are looking for affordable I would be looking at AZ or Vegas.  Vegas should be relatively easy to find full time work.  In CA it is tough to find full time work, unless you have a degree.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

6 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

lumbersexual

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

 In CA it is tough to find full time work, unless you have a degree.  

But it is easy to find multiple part time jobs. And everybody makes $15/hr now so so....

obviously the answer is for tdawg to be a fire fighter.

[Blarg]

Go live with @RallyMo in Texas. Being fat out there is considered a sport and you get to wear plaid shirts with a huge ass belt buckle. Just stay the fuck away from Houston and Dallas that floods every year. I think he's in the Austin area that may be a couple feet above sea level. 

[tdawg87]

I'd rather kill myself than live in Texas.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I'd rather kill myself than live in Texas.

I'm pretty sure that's the Texas state motto. 

[Lou]

I predict tdawg will move west to Wisconcin. 

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

I predict tdawg will move west to Wisconcin. 

No there absolutely needs to be an In n Out.

[Lou]

lol @ nate   

[tdawg87]

But seriously I'm going through some rough shit right now and I need to GTFO. California just seems like the place to go I guess

[fan_since79]

If you like scorching hot weather year-round, you'll love Bixby Knolls.

We even have an In-n-Out and some nice beer joints.

 

 

[Lou]

Where did you grow up?

[Lou]

Just now, Lou said:

Where did you grow up?

Never did i think i'd be asking tdawg this question

[gotbeer]

Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon.  California if you want to stay poor and pay lots of taxes.  Unless you are really poor, then California first for all the poor people benefits.  

But if you work in healthcare, depending on what you do, there should be lot's of jobs since healthcare is the wests dream utopia.

[tdawg87]

54 minutes ago, Lou said:

Where did you grow up?

New Hampshire

[failos]

https://www.fatherly.com/news/map-average-cost-house-each-state-us/

[tdawg87]

Oh I'm not owning a home probably ever.

[failos]

yeah but it gives you an idea of the cost of living.

[tdawg87]

This country sucks.