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Old 09-05-2014, 11:40 AM
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Location: Asheville, North Carolina
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I don't necessarily need to live in a large city, the less people the less problems so as long as I have plenty of nature to keep me company and a city with around 20,000 or more people, I should be okay. I'm not a big fan of big cities anyway. I live in Austin now and it's awful, way too crowded and too many freaks, but it's close enough to several outdoor amenities and is relatively cheap so I put up with it.
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Old 09-05-2014, 01:07 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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I don't necessarily need to live in a large city, the less people the less problems so as long as I have plenty of nature to keep me company and a city with around 20,000 or more people, I should be okay. I'm not a big fan of big cities anyway. I live in Austin now and it's awful, way too crowded and too many freaks, but it's close enough to several outdoor amenities and is relatively cheap so I put up with it.
Well, you might like Santa Cruz. The rents outside of town are a bit better, it's not cheap. But if you're in the environmental field, you might find something at the University there. And there's plenty of nature around: the beach, the rugged coastline of Big Sur to the south, redwood forests all around town, mountains behind town full of wildlife (a friend of mine has a cougar family living on his property).

You'll be hard pressed to find the combo of a good job market + cheap rents. Something will have to give, or you'll have to get lucky job-wise. But at least in coastal CA, you'll have much cooler weather than in Austin. No A/C necessary.
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Old 09-05-2014, 01:10 PM
 
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Anyone have any thoughts on Santa Clarita, Oceanside, North Shore, or Susanville?
Susanville is up in NorCal, outside of Reno. If you're interested in going up there (KILLER heat in the summers!!), why not try the Lake Tahoe area? There are non-profit orgs doing enviro work relating to the lake, you may be able to find a job in your field.


I've done a little brainstorming and scouting around for you. With just a BA, you're not going to be eligible for any great jobs, have you thought about going back to school at some point? In any case, if you want something in the enviro field, you'll have to try to dig up scientific research facilities, enviro orgs, and that sort of thing. Here's this, in Marin County, as an example: http://www.pointblue.org/about-point...field-station/ They offer internships, I don't know about jobs. But this is the kind of thing you'll have to search out. Also look up NOAA to see where they have branch offices. You might have to start out as some sort of gopher. You might have to rent just a studio, or a room in a shared household, while getting in on the ground floor somewhere, and working your way up. One option to get job experience is to apply for a job as a research assistant at the Chevron facility in Richmond, CA. A friend of mine did that, with a BA in biology, right out of college. She said the pay was insane, especially since she was just renting a room in Berkeley and riding her bike out there every day. You could save a lot of money to help finance your next move, to a better job, whatever that turns out to be.

Just a little brainstorming, here.

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Old 09-05-2014, 01:28 PM
 
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Also, this: Tahoe Environmental Research Center | Tahoe Environmental Research Center See their job opp'ties section. Any staff jobs would be filled by applying to UC Davis for any available job openings. Undoubtedly there are other orgs of various sorts--non-profit, academic or gov't, in the Tahoe area doing monitoring of lake conditions and raising public awareness of threats to Tahoe's pristine quality. Also try the college in Arcata, way up in the north coast of NorCal, for potential jobs. You can try political action groups for jobs analyzing issues and organizing enviro lobbying. Here's this, for example: http://www.calpirg.org/

Put on your thinking cap, and start Googling.
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Old 09-05-2014, 09:52 PM
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Wow, thank you so much.
I'll definitely look into all of this. Thanks for your time Ruth!
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Old 09-06-2014, 12:29 AM
 
Location: SW King County, WA
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Yeah, I'd look into Tahoe too. Or SLO/Pismo Beach. Palm Springs/Coachella Valley is nice as well.

Honestly, there's tons of places to live in CA that are wonderful, so long as you're gainfully employed. Sounds like a big city isn't your thing, so get out there and explore. It's a HUGE state! Not as big as Texas, but probably a lot more diverse in every sense of the word.
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Old 09-07-2014, 12:07 PM
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Texas is great (for the most part) but I just want something different. And a little less hot.

I've applied to a job in San Jose, one in Santa Cruz, and another in Sacramento.
We'll see how it goes.
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Old 09-07-2014, 12:53 PM
 
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Texas is great (for the most part) but I just want something different. And a little less hot.

I've applied to a job in San Jose, one in Santa Cruz, and another in Sacramento.
We'll see how it goes.
Hey, what jobs did you find, OP? Anything interesting in Santa Cruz? I want to know how this story turns out. I love happy endings!
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Old 09-07-2014, 02:20 PM
Oax Oax started this thread
 
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The only one I found related to my field was the job in Sacramento, which is an assistant consultant for an oil and gas company. The job in San Jose and Santa Cruz were for auto adjustment claims. I know it's not my field, but anything is better than the job I have right now.

Looking for jobs in the Tahoe area today.
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Old 09-07-2014, 03:38 PM
 
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The only one I found related to my field was the job in Sacramento, which is an assistant consultant for an oil and gas company. The job in San Jose and Santa Cruz were for auto adjustment claims. I know it's not my field, but anything is better than the job I have right now.

Looking for jobs in the Tahoe area today.
Well, once you get a toehold in CA, you can then scout around for jobs in your field. The Sac'to job sounds like it could be interesting. Keep us posted, ok?
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