Move to Cali a good idea? (Binghamton, Eagle: how much, find a job, high school)

[ny_stater]

Hey guys,

I was just wondering if you think its a good idea to move to Cali ??

I currently am a nurse in white plains ny, so im sure it wont be hard to find a job.

I live quite the ho-hum drum lifestyle...pretty boring round my area and I want to be in the excitement/sunshine


things seem so much more fun out there / alot of stuff happening


am i making a mistake?

-Corina

[filmsniffer]

One way to find out.

Have you went to California before?

[LINative]

If you like warm (or hot hehe) weather all year round you will probably like southern California. California is more than an address it is a lifestyle. Just be prepared - California is no longer the utopia that it used to be years ago. They pretty much have the same problems we have now plus a few unique ones.

I personally like the history, small upstate towns, lakes, forests and four seasons we have here. I think you should make a list of the things you like and dislike about our area and compare it to what you know about California.

Good luck!

[CBaillo]

i was born and raised in CA, and moved to upstate. all you have to do is look at my post history to see how much i hate california, and love our choice. be forewarned..its only pleasant weather if you can afford to live by the beach. In NY most folks hide indoors in the winter hiding from the snow and cold. most people who move from places w/ a winter, end up hiding indoors, escaping the heat. I'd take the balance of 4 seasons, as opposed to 10 months of summer and 2 months of fall. Have you felt what 115-118 degrees feels like? Have you experienced 90-100 degrees for months on end w/out break? would you be comfortable having wildfires every year due to the drought and heat? are you ready to learn spanish?

i'm extremely biased, because i hated CA my whole life, for more reasons than i can list here. I did what I had to do to survive while growing up there, and my wife and i finally were able to get out.

This sort of questions is EXTREMELY personal, and requires a lot of soul searching, and research on your end as far as what makes YOU happy, and what it is you really want out of life. You need to know you pretty well before you make a move. start researching and reading up places youre considering.

It's not as simple as "hey should i move?" we dont know you, your situation, your motivations, your mental state, your dependence on people, whether or not this is just a novel thought, etc. this is a question only you can really answer.

btw central and northern ca are a whole different world, but also cost more than socal a lot of the times to live in.

[Mr Floyd]

So you want to move to Los Angeles, commonly thought to be void of culture from the cultural capital of the USA (Sorry San Fransisco)? Whatever for?

I live in Eagle Rock, CA a suburb of Los Angeles (Northeast Los Angeles). I grew up there, left for college at 18 and returned somewhere in my late 20's. I am now 48 and am very comfortable. The community has the feel of a small town with predominantly single family dwellings, many from the early 1900's. Where it was once predominantly Caucasian and Hispanic, it is now racially diverse (Caucasian, Filipino, Armenian, Chinese, Hispanic etc.). Many say it saw a severe decline throughout the 1980s and early 1990s but rebounded when neighboring communities became too expensive. It has become gentrified with an artistic and somewhat yuppified feel and for a while quite expensive in its own right. All in all, I would say it was a good place to live. The local high school (smallest in the district) rates high in terms of test scores. It is 30 minutes from the beach if you leave at the right time and 30 minutes to the mountains. You can hunt, fish, surf, mountainbike, hike and enjoy a host of other outdoor activities all in the same day.

There are many hidden surprises in terms of these bedroom communities. South Pasadena. Monrovia. Sierra Madre.

But make no mistake. It can get a bit crowded and the air is vintage SoCal though consistently cooler than neighboring communities due to a break in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Come check it out but if culture is your thing, you might want to join the snobs in the Bay Area. As far as I can tell, they believe they have a monopoly on culture.

[ThirtyThirty]

California is the liberal cesspool of the world.

Bigger dump than Binghamton if you ask me.

[Tioga]

"Bigger dump than Binghamton if you ask me.".........hhmmm...looked at the posts...don't see where anybody was "asking you."