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Why can't you make a lot of money in a city you love? I am pretty satisfied with both, now there could always be a better job, but i don't understand why you can't have both
Money doesnt buy happiness. I'd much rather be making less money and be happy with my life. after all, financials are ONE piece of a whole spectrum. Bank accounts rise and fall; they can't dictate your emotional security.
Oh, I'm way ahead of you, though I appreciate it all the same . I've been looking into many areas further south where the weather is better, the people are friendlier, the costs are lower, and culture hasn't been homogenized out of existence; decided on LA (not L.A. )
Are you moving within NM? I'd be surprised to hear you're leaving the state altogether, as you seem quite proud/patriotic when it comes to New Mexico.
most of New Mexico I dont really care for, Im from the Eastern part which is the plains and culturally more like Texas and I kinda wanna get back to that kind of place, just not my hometown, Im ready to try something else, I might as well, I've been in NM my whole life.
I am proud of New Mexico, I like the eastern part,ABQ to an extent and Las Cruces, the rest is blah, its just time to live in another state, I wanna live in the South but my girlfriend dosent so we gotta agree on a place, TX might be it.
where in Louisiana are you considering? I have been around most of the state and it appears to be a nice place.
I have it good... I make alot of money in a city I love... Houston
If it came down to do, I would take less money to live here over alot more money to work in the 5 or so cities I would not like living in
Funny you mentioned Houston, as that seems like one of the places I would love from what I've heard about the city. I'm 22, currently in DC, and have a stable job, but the social atmosphere's nothing short of pathetic, and this is for yuppies, yes, the group that DC's apparently now marketing towards! Or maybe it's because I didn't go to an Elite University/Ivey. Or maybe because of working class background. Or maybe it's because of some "other factors" many limousine liberals will deny up the a** if I mentioned it. Anyway, the only reason why I'm still here is because the economy is a wreck nearly everywhere else in the country. And even when I make a decent amount of money and can afford the posh places, that still might turn around the attitudes of many yuppies around here.
I would love to live with a modest salary in places l would probably love like Houston, Denver, San Diego, or Seattle, than some stressful, uptight, dog-eat-dog, cliquish, segregated, limousine-liberal places like NYC, Boston, DC, or Chicago. At least in the cities I mentioned that I'll love to live in, they aren't as hung-up on one's income as a measure of their worthiness.
Fairfaxian: Chicago is pretty blue-collar, historically, and definitely NOT Ivy-centric like a lot of east coast places. And you'll still run into "elite" educated people everywhere, even in Denver, Houston, Chicago, etc. But you're right that DC is probably an exceptionally snobby place.
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. I've been looking into many areas further south where the weather is better, the people are friendlier, the costs are lower, and culture hasn't been homogenized out of existence; decided on LA (not L.A. 
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