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This past week my close cousin approached me about living with him in Houston post September. He informed me that he recently purchased a home after earning a nice promotion. He added that, "I could live rent free and just worry about getting a job and paying [for my own] food."
I am originally from San Diego and I recently, just two weeks ago, graduated from Cal-Berkeley with a degree in History; I know its not the most glamorious of majors but I did exceptionally well and built up my resume during my four years in school. Furthermore, I have under $7,000 in total undergraduate loans (all low-interest federal loans). So I don't have to worry about a mountain of student debt in this economy.
I really don't want to stay in SD and want to start a new chapter in my life. I will have roughly $3,000 to my name when I make the planned move. I want to pull the trigger and say, "Yes, I want to move, its a chance of a lifetime."
What do you folks think? (I just turned 23 by the way)
Last edited by wishfulthinking619; 06-09-2011 at 09:05 PM..
You couldn't pay me to live in Houston. We know two families (parents with young kids in both cases) who didn't want to pay more to live in San Diego and moved to the Houston suburbs in the past 3 years. Guess where they both are dying to move back to?
You couldn't pay me to live in Houston. We know two families (parents with young kids in both cases) who didn't want to pay more to live in San Diego and moved to the Houston suburbs in the past 3 years. Guess where they both are dying to move back to?
Thank you for your response.
Do you know what their motivations were for moving back to San Diego?
I have to say I am not a fan of Houston, but I get wanting a change of scenery. It would be a pretty small commitment to go to Houston and check it out after graduation-you might even get a job, pay off your loans, save some money and then go live somewhere decent-or you may end up liking it there, you never know.
[quote=wishfulthinking619;19524334]This past week my close cousin approached me about living with him in Houston post September. He informed me that he recently purchased a home after earning a nice promotion. He added that, "I could live rent free and just worry about getting a job and paying [for my own] food." I really don't want to stay in SD and want to start a new chapter in my life. I will have roughly $3,000 to my name when I make the planned move. I want to pull the trigger and say, "Yes, I want to move, its a chance of a lifetime."[quote]
What do you have to lose? You'll have free rent, you have some money saved up, and you can see what the opportunities are.
Sure, people will remind you, Houston has lousy weather, is sprawling and lacks public transpoertation, but maybe you'll find a job there that will allow you to get to know the rest of the awesome state of Texas. Places like Austin, the hill country, cities along the Gulf, etc...etc... It's a great state!
You just graduated, have free rent available in a new city and not much debt. The other thing is that you arnet too crazy about coming back to SD. To me this answer seems pretty obvious so, not sure where the choose best answer survey came from
San Diego isnt going anywhere. Establish a career, make some dough, then figure out what you want to do. You might even like it in TX or any place else so long as you are open minded.
I appreciate all the comments I have been getting, it means a lot because I am charting my life. More feedback and insights would be great.
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