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Just a little backdrop...my wife and I moved to Greenville back in November because she was offered and HR Director position that is paying her more than what that State could offer her, also we wanted to be closer to our family. When the company that I worked for in Raleigh closed and move to California, I felt that the move made sense. I felt that I didn't want her to miss out an the career opportunity plus I had a severance package from my former employer. I was able to find a job in Greenville, but not at the pay of my Raleigh job. I got a call from an agency in Raleigh that is doing a direct hire for a company and I have an job offer on the table for an wonderful opportunity in Raleigh that will pay me 15k more than what I'm making in Greenville. The benefits packages are paralell. My job in Greenville is just a job. The position in Raleigh is a career opportunity and from what I seen from the two times that I been to the office has been a good enviroment. The commute to work would be an hour and twenty minutes. What are your thoughts?
I would have a hard time making sense of why this would be a good idea, unless you have one or more of the following:
-You can telecommute most days of the week, then it might be an okay option.
-The job is just so outstanding that it is worth it (you at least have a positive sense about it, which is good). But it would have to be magnificently so.
-The number of hours that you're working is reduced to the point that the commute isn't longer than a typical workday at a place much closer to you're home.
-You're doing this temporarily and planning to move closer as soon as possible.
Couldn't you just move closer to your work and your wife find a job that's closer, or at least move somewhere in between? This seems like a miserable lifestyle to do on a long-term basis (and the cost and time of transportation would eat up the extra $15K, which will also be taxed at your highest tax bracket), but I guess I don't have the tolerance for this sort of thing that some people do.
When I read your thread title my initial thought was no way, but as you have explained it I could see making it work.
How do you feel about driving? Is it something you hate or is it a chance to get a little time to yourself? I work from home, but have a commute of about 1: 30 to 2 hrs total daily with taking my kids to and from their school which is about 25 minutes away. I really don't mind it most of the time. On the rare day when I have to do it 3 times a day (after school practice or something) then it starts to grate. Otherwise it's a pretty pleasant drive and I'm happy to make things easier for them. We talk in the car and have a little chance to connect and on the way back by myself I can listen to the news.
Do you think you might move some place a little closer to Raleigh in the future?
If you accept and it turns out that the drive is a deal-breaker after doing it for awhile I guess you can probably always find another "just a job" in Greenville. I guess the worse thing that could happen is that you love your new job and your wife loves her job and neither one of you loves to drive.
Greenville is a decent place to live. It's getting better and is becoming more of a city every year. You could probably make it work for a while. The good thing is that 264 to Raleigh is normally easy driving.
Like someone else said, the worst that could happen would be you hate your commute. I'd say go for the job in Raleigh and stay in Greenville and see how you like it. That extra 15k living in Greenville would make a difference.
After a while, if you can't stand the drive, maybe you can find a cheap hotel closer to Raleigh to stay in for a couple of days a week (Wilson, Rocky Mount, or Raleigh) and then head back to Greenville on the weekends. Or you could find a new place to live in Wilson or Rocky Mount, since it would be about a 40-45 commute for the both of you each way. Maybe even finding a place in Farmville or Tarboro would cut down on your commute by 20 minutes and make it more bearable.
Greenville is a decent place to live. It's getting better and is becoming more of a city every year. You could probably make it work for a while. The good thing is that 264 to Raleigh is normally easy driving.
Like someone else said, the worst that could happen would be you hate your commute. I'd say go for the job in Raleigh and stay in Greenville and see how you like it. That extra 15k living in Greenville would make a difference.
After a while, if you can't stand the drive, maybe you can find a cheap hotel closer to Raleigh to stay in for a couple of days a week (Wilson, Rocky Mount, or Raleigh) and then head back to Greenville on the weekends. Or you could find a new place to live in Wilson or Rocky Mount, since it would be about a 40-45 commute for the both of you each way. Maybe even finding a place in Farmville or Tarboro would cut down on your commute by 20 minutes and make it more bearable.
Yeah but then they'd have to live in Wilson or Rocky Mount!
Coming here from the North East, 80 minutes each way seems fairly typical for a professional's commute. Audiobooks help fill the time.
That may be true, but does that make an 80 minute commute each way desirable if there's a way to avoid that and still have a good career?
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Yeah but then they'd have to live in Wilson or Rocky Mount!
Not every single corner of the path between Raleigh and Greenville is that horrible. If someone likes a pace that's busier than Wilson or Rocky Mount that part of the state may not be their first pick.
But realistically, I wonder how much someone is going to want to take advantage of more urban amenities after commuting two hours and forty minutes each day after a demanding day at work? Yes, location matters, and maybe some people would still want to be out on the town after all of that. But for many people it would be time to decompress at home after a long day and commute when the doing it all over again will be coming up so quickly.
On days off it would be good to closer to urban life, but at halfway between, it's still very accessible to bigger city amenities without being forced to travel that far each work day.
Yeah but then they'd have to live in Wilson or Rocky Mount!
Wilson isn't that bad. It can be boring as hell at times thanks to the mayor and city council whose vocabulary does not include the word "progress", but it's not as dangerous as Rocky Mount.
Considering that Wilson is nearly halfway between Raleigh and Greenville, that would be the best bet, IMO. Being at the crossroads of I-95, US-264, and I-795 (which is a shortcut to Wilmington for summer fun), you can't get a better geographic location than that.
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