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I agree with both of yall. My job actually pays more here than it did in Connecticut. Cost of living is also cheaper than living there. Downtown charleston and mt.pleasent are exspensive but thats why theres goose creek and summerville
My new job will pay more! And I also checked Va Beach, Wilmington,NC and Myrtle area and this was the best offer!!
I just moved here from Denver and find it a breath of fresh air. Although, TX and NM are probably the last places in the United States I would consider a move to.
A college degree doesn't mean squat as far as who you associate with. Unless your conversations are always philosophical or about your degree/career what difference would it make. Can you tell the difference just by looking at someone? Life/work experience trumps book-learning quite a bit of the time.
I work for a company where at least 75% of the employees, if not more, have a degree. MD, Ph.d, APN, BSN, RN, LPN, LPC, PLPC, MSW, LCSW, BS/BA just to name a few. A degree doesn't give you common sense or apparently, the ability to structure a sentence correctly or not type/write how you speak. As for Texass, you couldn't PAY me to live there....
Just putting it out there. Every city, town or state has someone who wishes they weren't there. You don't have to dog a city and its people because you've been there two months and can't stand it. Heck, you've hardly had time to see what a place has to offer in just two months. Like previous posters have said, you shouldn't just willy-nilly move somewhere without at least checking it out a little bit. And by the way - this is not a "I hate Texas" post. There are several states in which I have lived through out the years and know I will never visit them again, moreless live there.
I regret moving to Charleston. The poor job market is the top reason. It's very pricey for the crappy pay levels and I would not recommend anyone moving here that still has 20+ years of working life left. If you are moving here and you are retired, you might be okay. You've made your money elsewhere and choose to live out your retired years in SC. Housing is expensive, traffic can be a nightmare during rush hours, schools are overcrowded, etc.
Being a CT shoreline native, I would love to hear more from you. My husband and I are considering moving there, but there's a great deal of conflicting insight, especially amongst the happiness of transplants. We are more than tired of CT winters, high taxes, and my husband's daily commute to NYC (90 miles each way), but on the upside- our home was extremely cheap, 5 mintues from the beach and boat launch, we have over an acre of land, and we are both doing fairly well financially. It's very helpful to hear some of the negatives, especially from transplants, to help gage expectations. Charleston locals are very rightfully proud of their great city, and that is wonderful, but I would love to hear from the transplants that are struggling, simply because it helps to calibrate that "grass is always greener" mentality. Last thing I would want to do is find out that moving would actually mean a more expensive home, far from the water, an equally long or worse commute for my husband with half the pay.....Being that you are from RI, we probably have similar mentalities when it comes to what we hope to experience in a new city.
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