Move To Phoenix,az Or Stay In Richmond,va?

[Captain Bill]

Originally Posted by C-4

Ok ill start from the beginning, a friend of mines lives in az and has a condo his father bought for him and hes paying his father rent. he told me i could come and room mate with him becuase my situation with tryna move back to richmond from norfolk , was rough , i found out i had to move back to richmond on short notice and didnt have time to find a job up here for have a place to stay and work until i found an apt. finances were run dry and my grandmother offered to buy me a plane ticket , give me first months rent , and give me spending money to hold me over until i found a jpb. and ive been hopping around from place to place in richmond since new years , and yesterday i got a job offer at a cell phone place and got my w2's from two jobs i had in 07 , so should i stay here and try to work things out or should i pack up and try phoenix out because ive never been to the west coast , and i dont know when id get another chance, or should i stay here in richmond take this job and this money and try to find a place ????

C-4, it sounds like you are not quite ready to come out to PHX and start out on your own.

What is your education?
What line of work are you trained in?
What job experience do you have?

If you haven't been trained in some type of work, and if you have no job experience to speak of, I would suggest that you stay where you are so that you have a family support system until you can determine what line of work you want to pursue.

I'm not sure if your grandmother gave you money to come back to where you are now, or money to come to PHX, but anyway, one months rent is not enough money to come out here on.

If you cannot pay your rent here, your friend will quickly become not-your-friend, and will kick you out. I'm assuming that he wants you to help him with his rent, and is not planning on supporting you.

Then you will be homeless with no job, and no way to get back home.

I suggest that you take your new job. Get more education. Community colleges are very affordable. Get a career going. Save money. When you have job training that will get you work in Phoenix; and when you have enough money saved to pay for your own way out here; and at least money to last you for 6 months, then give it a try. But before you do that, research the job market to make sure you'll be able to get a job here first.

[oxdevil98]

I moved from NY to AZ at 18 and have been here for 10 years. Loved every year of it. ASU is great. Hot days are nice on that campus. We've been in shorts for probably 2 months now. Cost of living is very similiar at both places since my family is looking to move to Richmond this summer. The wife is tired on the heat, but you do get used to it. They're right, no bugs, but there are snakes and scorpians. good luck.

[aj661]

19 years old, single and looking at a job with a cell phone company? Oh boy!

The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard are all hiring. Great training, big bonuses for select MOS's (military occupational specialties) if you qualify (It doesn't cost anything except your time to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and see if you'd qualify for one of them), travel, and the pay isn't all that bad either. Uncle Sugar will even pay for most of your college if you're interested in that.