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Old 04-23-2009, 04:54 PM
 
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My family and I are looking to move out there in June or so and I was looking into the job market. I see that there are staffing companies and schools, and a lot of jobs in healthcare. I just need a heads-up from locals in the area. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks so much. Also are the schools very good for elementary to high school, my kids range in ages and take college classes during their summers?
What areas are best and least expensive to live in? Thanks again. I'll be checking your posts, very informative. K.
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Old 04-24-2009, 01:10 PM
 
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K, we need some more details.

What is your field? San Diego County is HUGE. So of course there are good and bad schools, good and bad areas, good and bad people.

If you don't have jobs lined up before you come, don't come. It's not a good job market at all right now.
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Old 04-24-2009, 03:56 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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K, we need some more details.

What is your field? San Diego County is HUGE. So of course there are good and bad schools, good and bad areas, good and bad people.

If you don't have jobs lined up before you come, don't come. It's not a good job market at all right now.
Definitely true considering you have kids. If it were just you, you could come out for a few weeks and set up a local phone (vonage or prepaid cell) and temp address and send out as many resumes as possible, but kind of hard to do that having kids. It's very hard to line up jobs here if you're not living in the area because of the flake factor of people wanting to move here with $500 in the bank. Depends on your line of work though..if you have something very special and rare to bring to the table, it might be doable.
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Old 04-24-2009, 06:26 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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My family and I are looking to move out there in June or so and I was looking into the job market. I see that there are staffing companies and schools, and a lot of jobs in healthcare. I just need a heads-up from locals in the area. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks so much. Also are the schools very good for elementary to high school, my kids range in ages and take college classes during their summers?
What areas are best and least expensive to live in? Thanks again. I'll be checking your posts, very informative. K.
It's better then most of California (9.2% unemployment instead of 11.2%) but that's still not very good. We got clobbered by the subprime housing crisis and it's taking a huge toll on the local economy.
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Old 04-24-2009, 06:58 PM
 
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It really does depend on what you do. Some sectors like construction have been decimated. However if you are in bioscience the demand is probably still there. I am in IT and it is weak but not terrible. Most companies are laying off or holding off on hiring right now. San Diego has a limited job market so you have to be more specific about what it is you do.
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Old 04-24-2009, 07:03 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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Horrible job market here and high cost of living. I would agree with the other folks who said have a job lined up before moving here. I worked with a company for 8 1/2 years and got laid off 2 months ago...still can't find a job with 16 years experience. There will always be a job market in healthcare, education and computer industry. No need to worry about that. I wish you luck and hope everything works out whatever you decide to do.
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Old 04-24-2009, 10:49 PM
 
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Correction. I have been watching San Diego's home prices and they have decreased over the last two years to a point where I thing San Deigo is a relative deal.

Think about it, a major ciy with excellent weather year round, a diverse economy and where everyone lives no further that 1 hour from the ocean.

Utopia, of course not, but it is a very nice place to live.
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Old 04-25-2009, 10:49 AM
 
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It may be "a deal," but that is relative. When the average home price in San Diego County is still around 350-400k, that means realistically to be able to afford that house, you should be making about 150k/year.
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Old 04-25-2009, 03:11 PM
 
Location: southwest michigan
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It may be "a deal," but that is relative. When the average home price in San Diego County is still around 350-400k, that means realistically to be able to afford that house, you should be making about 150k/year.
I would say at least that much a year to afford a house of that price. Many banks are looking for the loan to be no more than 2x your annual income. Everyone's so trigger shy because of this housing crisis.
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