how far would you move away for a 100k job?

[amdhunter]

Find the furthest point in any direction away from my current family in NYC.

I'd go there if I could live comfortably. Doesn't need to be anything near $100k, which would be a pay cut for me anyway.

 

[Nintendesert]

Are you going to leave your kids behind, or rip them away from their home and friends?

Oh QQ for the poor kids being "ripped" away.


You go where the work is and kids make moves all the time.

 

[rasczak]

yes of course. they will do as i command. who leaves their kids behind? don't be ridiculous.

It's not as unusual as it seems.

 

[amdhunter]

yes of course. they will do as i command. who leaves their kids behind? don't be ridiculous.

I know I'll hate my kids so they can suck it and stay in the streets for all I care.

 

[sixone]

yes of course. they will do as i command. who leaves their kids behind? don't be ridiculous.

I'll bet they won't. Good luck with that.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I would not move houses, I would only move jobs if it shortened my 20 mile commute significantly.

 

[herm0016]

I moved from michigan to wyoming. I would do it again.

 

[child of wonder]

I wouldn't move to Florida but I would move to another state for a $200k job.

 

[mizzou]

I would move all the way around the world.


Wait....that puts me right here?

 

[CraigRT]

Distance has nothing to do with it at all, I would move to destinations super far away as long as it was some place I wanted to live. I would love to move to B.C. and if I had a job offer for somewhere appealing there, for $100K, my condo would be on the market tomorrow.

 

[xanis]

Right now--while I'm still young--I'd move pretty far. PNW? Done. California? Yep. Wouldn't even really be opposed to moving internationally for that.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

For 100k? I'd move to the moon.

 

[Corporate Thug]

OP, everyone on ATOT makes 250k+...get with the program.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Are you going to leave your kids behind, or rip them away from their home and friends?

dramatic much?

 

[purbeast0]

I know I'll hate my kids so they can suck it and stay in the streets for all I care.

come on now, your hands can't get pregnant.

 

[OverVolt]

I wouldn't move for a cut in pay either.

 

[DrPizza]

If it led to a significant enough increase in my standard of living and quality of life, then distance is unimportant.

 

[Kadarin]

I'd probably move anywhere except California and NYC. $100K in those places is minimum wage

No kidding

 

[Jadow]

I wouldn't move for that. It would be a raise, but not enough to justify moving.

 

[skim milk]

It would have to be at least 250k for me to move to crappy FL

I already make over 100k

 

[Red Squirrel]

Would be a tough call. Depends on the job itself, and how much housing there would cost. I rather keep my 60k job that I love and that has zero stress than a 100k job that is most likely some kind of high end exec position with lot of stress and management tends to have less job security as well.

8 hours would probably be the very most I'd move and it better be a damn good job and housing and living cost would have to be the same or less than where I am now otherwise what's the point.

Also would depend on the commute. 100k jobs are often in big cities, that means longer commute, so that on it's own would be a deal breaker.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

I've been trying to move to Vegas or Cali, from IL. No promising job leads doesn't make that happen so easily.

Don't ever let your friends or family hold you back from success. Will they be helping make you that $100K?
I wish I went away to college when I had opportunity. But I chose to go with something safe in commuting distance.
Then my gf & friends abandoned me & mom got me about $25K in medical debts.
I should have went away to college.

 

[Mixolydian]

There are many factors involved, but by and large, follow the money. Screw family.

 

[BoberFett]

It's about what I make now, so I wouldn't. I imagine it depends on your prospects for making more money where you currently are, the difference in cost of living between here and there, and finally social factors such as family.

If you're making $70K where you are, but there's a possibility of making $80K if a position opens up in your current town, but the cost of living difference eats $15K of your new income, you're talking about leaving your friends and family for $5K. What seemed like a $30K increase wasn't.

 

[MovingTarget]

I'd move anywhere in the country. That is over three times what I make as a teacher in the deep South.