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Sounds like poverty in paradise, haha. Definitely sounds like I should check out that part of California. I dream of living on an uncrowded coast with mild weather. If only it was 1950; we could all buy a house there for basically nothing.
I tried living in a college town after graduating and it was great except for the lack of jobs. It's sad, it's almost people are forced to live in big cities these days. Well nobody is forced but it is hard to make a reasonable living outside of one.
Sounds like poverty in paradise, haha. Definitely sounds like I should check out that part of California. I dream of living on an uncrowded coast with mild weather. If only it was 1950; we could all buy a house there for basically nothing.
I tried living in a college town after graduating and it was great except for the lack of jobs. It's sad, it's almost people are forced to live in big cities these days. Well nobody is forced but it is hard to make a reasonable living outside of one.
Well if there were an abundance of jobs, I'm sure everyone would move there since it's so beautiful, not crowded, and on the coast. Then soon it would just turn into another LA or SF. Can't have it all!
Austin Texas meets all your requirements except I am not sure about the bugs and the cultural thing. It's Texas so no gun control.. not sure about strip clubs though.
Austin Texas meets all your requirements except I am not sure about the bugs and the cultural thing. It's Texas so no gun control.. not sure about strip clubs though.
I should have mentioned in my OP Texas is also somewhat on our radar. One of the companies my husband works for is in Dallas. I have checked the Texas forum and do see a lot of threads about the mosquitoes, West Nile and all.
My husband has a job opportunity in Pismo Beach area. This would involve a cross-country move as we live in Baltimore. We have three kids. One will graduate from high school in two years, one will graduate from college in two years and one is a rising 8th grader. My college student and I are extremely close and her university is only an hour away. My second daughter loves the ocean but she's sings in a conservatory choir and has great opportunities at her private school, as does her younger sister. I am very happy in a top-notch graduate school program unique to Baltimore. But husband has been unhappy with his salary and wants a change. He loves California. We all love California!
Assuming things work out with the job, I need advice about whether my should husband move ahead of us and I stay until my older kids graduate? BTW, my husband has been in a major midlife crisis for the past year, doing a lot of appraising of our 21-year-marriage. Or should I just bite the bullet now and say goodbye to my regular physical contact with my oldest daughter? I already miss her terribly and she's only an hour's drive away!
Part 2: I too love California. I have lived there myself, although in a much more populated city in Orange County. I'm freaked out by the idea of living in a small town. I've always lived in or near a big city. We went on a brief interview/house tour trip and the realtor told us many of the houses are vacant because they are second homes for retirees. So I guess it kind of comes alive in the summer?
Also, PLEASE, if ANYONE knows ANYTHING about the schools in the area, I would be so appreciative of any information and/or opinions. I know that there are a handful of public high and middle schools and one Catholic school. That's about all I know.
Is there enough to do in Pismo/SLO to keep things interesting? I am very glad to hear that it is not full of the superficial types you find in LA and SF, although one of the posts did say that a lot of the SLO folks were "stuck up." You get that anywhere I guess.
That is good advice if for no other reason that today's utopia can change and become tomorrow's Hell. Not to say something that drastic will happen but places do change and if you are not adaptable, it can be disappointing. It's better to be a little flexible and not expect things to always be perfection.
The one thing I noticed about a lot of bible belt states is that Gun shops, firework stands, strip clubs and adult book stores all seem to cluster around churches.
Believe it or not, California does have uncrowded and libertarian environments, and a lot of gun friendly communities. That being said, alot of the people that live in these communities tend to be whiners, complainers and afraid of their own shadows.
Outside of California, I've always liked the Coastal Carolinas.
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