My Experience after "Leap of Faith" move to SD (Long Post) (San Diego: best cities, salons) - California (CA) - Page 14 - City-Data Forum

beachveiw · 07-25-2011, 03:50 PM

A couple things will work in my favor.
I live in Az and it is only 5 hr drive. And I am a professional nanny...not the fanciest job, but I can usually find work in affluent areas. (Encinitas)
I wish I could find someone to share the ride with me, and perhaps my dream to move there. That would awesome to split expenses and such.
Anyhow, I am at the genisis of this journey. I intend to enjoy the ride... untill I get there.
Peace
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Clevelandgal · 07-25-2011, 06:15 PM

I am sure there are some kind of nanny employment services out there right? I am sure they take a cut but in this economy a sure thing is better than just showing up job less. It seems a lot of people are keeping jobs they hate around here, so it creates a major problem for those who would be more than happy to work.

moved · 07-25-2011, 06:18 PM

You might want to check out the Child Care section of Craigslist to see what you're up against.

earlyretirement · 07-25-2011, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by chajmdc

Okay, now for a dose of reality because I don't want someone reading my posts on city data and thinking 'I'm going to move because she did it with no problems.'. Not for one second do I not understand how awesome my experience HAS been and how crappy it could HAVE been. So, this is what you need to know about my story: A) We did save up about 6K before moving. We've used this money to get cross country, buy bedroom furniture and live off of it. Most of the time we try to find free things to do (i.e. going to the beach, for a walk, catching a band, going to the park to throw a frisbee). We have gone out for dinner, drinks, and movies here or there, but not as much as we did previous to moving... this is our life until we get a couple of paycheck stashed away. Is it Friday, yet? B) Our cost of living is -very- low. We came out here with motorcycle expenses, a cell phone bill and my student loan. C) We decided to have roommates. For various reasons, including money, we choose to do the room share thing. Not everyone would be willing and/or able to live with strangers, but we really wanted to give ourselves the best possibility at making things work --and our rent is dirt cheap because of it.

Great bit of information and congrats on finding a job so quickly. I think this follow up information you posted is very valuable. Especially the low expenses and the room share thingy.

Most people moving, especially those that are a bit older aren't willing to do a room share type arrangement or might have more overhead or expenses. So people have to be realistic for their individual situation.

Clevelandgal - Congrats on finding a job! Was it in the field you were looking in? So happy for you.

Clevelandgal · 07-25-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by earlyretirement

Great bit of information and congrats on finding a job so quickly. I think this follow up information you posted is very valuable. Especially the low expenses and the room share thingy.

Most people moving, especially those that are a bit older aren't willing to do a room share type arrangement or might have more overhead or expenses. So people have to be realistic for their individual situation.

Clevelandgal - Congrats on finding a job! Was it in the field you were looking in? So happy for you.

Thanks so much ER. I am thrilled, my job (I not started yet, lots of background stuff) is as good, ok, honestly better than I expected, although not in my exact field...I have some thoughts on being "over qualified" now. I plan to summarize the experience and post at some point-it took a lot of work,and a ton of stress and self doubt to get here, but hopefully my experience can help others.

beachrescue · 07-25-2011, 08:32 PM

Too many people move here. I think that is the problem too many people. The housing is stupid overpriced joke. The eviction court is full of landlords evicting tenents who don' t pay. Jobs are not there and pay dirt. You have all these people living in one house and that is what is causing the problems. Again too many people. Adults over 25 with roomates are not adults. It is beyond my why all these people want to live like hippies to live in SD.

Clevelandgal · 07-25-2011, 09:19 PM

I agree about roommates. I know people do what they have to do...but I was financially independent the day I graduated from High School. Parents literally handed me a rent bill, which I paid. I decided to move out shortly after that into a place with a roommate-a good one no less. After a year I concluded I needed to do what was needed to have my own place...working 2 jobs if needed. But that's just me, gotta have my space. When my husband I visited SD in 2006, a family member was living here and his GF was a real estate agent. We of course loved it here. We got to talking and she started telling us how much places cost-ridiculous. Here we are home owning professionals with a fair income for where we were living, and we were saying no way would we ever live here. So she tells us we could get roommates. I think I spit my drink out. I am not judging any one here but we were in our mid-late 30's/early 40's and that was not happening. She said "everybody" did it. never knew we would end up here after that shock. No roomates either!

shmoov_groovzsd · 07-25-2011, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Clevelandgal

I agree about roommates. I know people do what they have to do...but I was financially independent the day I graduated from High School. Parents literally handed me a rent bill, which I paid. I decided to move out shortly after that into a place with a roommate-a good one no less. After a year I concluded I needed to do what was needed to have my own place...working 2 jobs if needed. But that's just me, gotta have my space. When my husband I visited SD in 2006, a family member was living here and his GF was a real estate agent. We of course loved it here. We got to talking and she started telling us how much places cost-ridiculous. Here we are home owning professionals with a fair income for where we were living, and we were saying no way would we ever live here. So she tells us we could get roommates. I think I spit my drink out. I am not judging any one here but we were in our mid-late 30's/early 40's and that was not happening. She said "everybody" did it. never knew we would end up here after that shock. No roomates either!

LOL
Heard the same crap back then my wife and I were look at places. We do fairly well by most measurable standards. But those price back then and even some now were laughable. That whole "everybody does it" thing? We know how well that went.

Clevelandgal · 07-25-2011, 09:43 PM

2006 or not, Obviously, I also got over that I need to own the place I live in.

shmoov_groovzsd · 07-25-2011, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Clevelandgal

2006 or not, Obviously, I also got over that I need to own the place I live in.

Owning is weird. We bought about 6 months ago. Lots of pros and cons to owning discounting the longterm financial benefits.

We both knew we would be here for while so we toe dipped. No way in hell was I paying half a million or more for marginally "better".
Owning in SD requires being here for a while and seeing the long term outlook in the pros and cons as well as your own situation. Obviously from our decision we looked at the long term and saw more advantages than not as well as not straying too far from our financial goals.
When we realized what we liked was a short drive away, that was fine for us. We are pretty low maintenance. Like very nice things, but low maintenance ont he whole. Getting quality doesnt necessarily always come with the hefty price tag.

However renting in SD is amazing. I would have never lived downtown for the time I did had I not rented. So much flexibility in SD to live in some great areas.