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I'm a late 20s something lawyer who has never lived outside of Texas. I work in the oil and gas industry and opportunities here in Houston are plenty. I just passed the bar and I'm for the first time in life experiencing the young urban professional scene here in Houston and I'm really liking it. Problem is, I've lived in Texas my entire life and thinking that I might be missing out by not seeing what the rest of the country has to offer. Should I leave my hometown even if it means forgoing opportunities as well as missing out on what my friends/family are doing?
I would take a few months off and travel--if you can, financially. Have some fun, explore places in the US and abroad, then come back and grind it out for a few years and make money. Reassess Houston after 2-3 years in a job, and if you are itching to move away, then do it, give yourself a year (get a job first before you move), and then reassess again.
Life is short--it goes by fast, and if you don't do something in your 20s you feel in your gut, you might regret it.
Is there something particular about Denver that's attracting you? It sounds like you just want to try elsewhere, but that's more of a push without having talked about much of a pull.
Staying where you are makes the most sense if you like it there and are making a good living. You will soon be stuck there with a job, friends, family, school, PTA, little league or gymnastics. That’s what happens. If you know you will regret not moving then move, otherwise be happy to go visit other places on vacation.
I'm a late 20s something lawyer who has never lived outside of Texas. I work in the oil and gas industry and opportunities here in Houston are plenty. I just passed the bar and I'm for the first time in life experiencing the young urban professional scene here in Houston and I'm really liking it. Problem is, I've lived in Texas my entire life and thinking that I might be missing out by not seeing what the rest of the country has to offer. Should I leave my hometown even if it means forgoing opportunities as well as missing out on what my friends/family are doing?
The problem with Denver is it's just not a good place to settle down and buy a house, especially if you want a family. If you don't want that, it's certainly an option.
It's always hard to know what you would have missed, both the good and the bad though.
The problem with Denver is it's just not a good place to settle down and buy a house, especially if you want a family. If you don't want that, it's certainly an option.
It's always hard to know what you would have missed, both the good and the bad though.
See I'm not looking to settle down there, just looking to spend a couple of years in a new part of America to have that experience and be able to say that I lived somewhere else. I feel like Texas will be my permanent home.
See I'm not looking to settle down there, just looking to spend a couple of years in a new part of America to have that experience and be able to say that I lived somewhere else. I feel like Texas will be my permanent home.
Denver is like Dallas with mountains: capital of the western plains, capital of the southern plains. I like Houston better than both of them. If you want a different experience, I would try New York, Chicago, the Bay Area, Boston, Philly, Miami. If you want mountains, ABQ and SLC actually have mountains in the city rather than adjacent and are both cheaper and more fun than Denver in my experience.
Having actually lived in both DFW and Denver, I can safely say you have no clue what you're talking about.
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If you want mountains, ABQ and SLC actually have mountains in the city rather than adjacent and are both cheaper and more fun than Denver in my experience.
Keep in mind this is coming from a guy whose idea of fun is
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eating, dancing, drinking, listening to music and getting laid.
Neither SLC nor ABQ have the same quantity of big-city amenities that Denver has. ABQ has great food, but its economy is a fraction the size of Denver's. SLC has fantastic outdoor recreation, but its nightlife is terrible, and at roughly 200k, SLC proper (the largest city in Utah) is about 1/3 the population of Denver proper.
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