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well ATOT, my move to Los Angeles hasn't worked out

Fenixgoon

Fenixgoon

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I moved out here for a new job in engineering consulting / failure analysis, and while the job is pretty neat, it's just not my cup of tea.

Coupled with the insanely high cost of living in LA (a started rowhome with underground garage is $525k) and traffic at every hour of the day, I'm looking to move back east/south (most of my family is in DC metro area). or texas.

any ideas for MD/VA, SC, NC, AL, GA, TX (preferably round rock/austin)?

i'm a materials engineer/metallurgist with experience in materials selection, design and lifing, and failure analysis. i'd like to get into more design/analysis/production of things, i think.
 
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They may have an opened position for someone with your skill set at Caltran about a bridge in the Bay Area :awe:
 
SSSnail said:
They may have an opened position for someone with your skill set at Caltran about a bridge in the Bay Area :awe:
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When it comes out that they have to take the damn thing down and start over, a few people will probably get a stern talking to. I'll bet they do a lot better the second time around.
 
I'm not a subject matter expert, but I've got to imagine that those skills would be useful in the petroleum industry, which has a lot of presence in Texas, Louisiana, and to a lesser extent, Mississippi.
 
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Doesn't DC have bad traffic too?
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I35 headed to Austin, TX is pretty bad too during rush hour. Everyone lives in the suburbs and works in Austin, so I35 S gets its two southbound lanes clogged in the morning.

A few years ago I stayed with my nephew in Killeen TX when he was in the Army. I left at 6:00 AM to try and make it to a convention starting at 8:00 AM in Austin. I was 30 mins late due to all the morning traffic headed south. :'(

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My 81m trip took 2.5 hours.
 
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FelixDeCat said:
I35 headed to Austin, TX is pretty bad too during rush hour. Everyone lives in the suburbs and works in Austin, so I35 S gets its two southbound lanes clogged in the morning.

A few years ago I stayed with my nephew in Killeen TX when he was in the Army. I left at 6:00 AM to try and make it to a convention starting at 8:00 AM in Austin. I was 30 mins late due to all the morning traffic headed south. :'(

My 81m trip took 2.5 hours.
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That's nothing. I've gone 20 miles in 2.5 hrs in Chicago before.
 
Yeah, SD in SoCal has definitely been my favorite place to live, but you nailed the two reasons I'll never move back - crazy high prices & insano traffic. At least CT only has crazy high prices! Haha.
 
Fenixgoon said:
lots of senior positions available, not so much on the experienced but not 15-year veteran level 🙁
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Well Goddard is mostly contractors vs actual Govt Engineers.
You would probably get paid more as a contractor so would also look on DICE for engineer positions with companies in the area who have people working on site.

It's just a great place to work :awe:
 
Kaido said:
Yeah, SD in SoCal has definitely been my favorite place to live, but you nailed the two reasons I'll never move back - crazy high prices & insano traffic. At least CT only has crazy high prices! Haha.
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Compared to all of the other metro areas SD basically has no traffic, my commute takes 15 minutes at most to go from Downtown to La Mesa. It is crazy expensive though.
 
Kaido said:
Yeah, SD in SoCal has definitely been my favorite place to live, but you nailed the two reasons I'll never move back - crazy high prices & insano traffic. At least CT only has crazy high prices! Haha.
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I don't know, man... 95N on a weekday afternoon?
 
Can't do anything about CoL but...don't drive during traffic hours =P

But ya it's an understandable problem. I structured my whole life so I would not have to drive during rush hours.
 
Ns1 said:
Can't do anything about CoL but...don't drive during traffic hours =P

But ya it's an understandable problem. I structured my whole life so I would not have to drive during rush hours.
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smart man :thumbsup:

i actually normally don't have to drive during rush hour. i take side streets to work. my issue is that, when it's not rush hour, there are still traffic backups!

i was coming home from sherman oaks at 1130 on a saturday night. somehow, there is a traffic backup. i do not understand why.
 
FelixDeCat said:
I35 headed to Austin, TX is pretty bad too during rush hour. Everyone lives in the suburbs and works in Austin, so I35 S gets its two southbound lanes clogged in the morning.

A few years ago I stayed with my nephew in Killeen TX when he was in the Army. I left at 6:00 AM to try and make it to a convention starting at 8:00 AM in Austin. I was 30 mins late due to all the morning traffic headed south. :'(

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My 81m trip took 2.5 hours.
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I live in north Austin. It takes me 20 minutes to get downtown with no traffic and 30-45 minutes to get downtown during peak morning rush hour. It's not that bad IMO. An accident can totally mess things up though.

You were coming from Killeen, so you had to go through multiple layers of suburban people coming into the city. For a little more money, you can live in the outer edges of Austin or the first layer of the suburban area and the commutes are much more reasonable.
 
Fenixgoon said:
I moved out here for a new job in engineering consulting / failure analysis, and while the job is pretty neat, it's just not my cup of tea.

Coupled with the insanely high cost of living in LA (a started rowhome with underground garage is $525k) and traffic at every hour of the day, I'm looking to move back east/south (most of my family is in DC metro area). or texas.

any ideas for MD/VA, SC, NC, AL, GA, TX (preferably round rock/austin)?

i'm a materials engineer/metallurgist with experience in materials selection, design and lifing, and failure analysis. i'd like to get into more design/analysis/production of things, i think.
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With your education background, you need to be in Houston and hook up with one of the many oil/oilfield companies. Exxon is building a ginormous campus in the Woodlands area (north of Houston). Great place to live and you wouldn't have to worry about driving downtown. Or you could get in with BP on the West side of Houston. Again, great place to live without the worry of trying to get downtown.

What many people don't know about Houston is that the build where you may (no zoning in Houston) has the effect of smoothing out traffic. Yes, there are bad spots, but not as bad as NY, LA or Chicago.
 
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Ns1 said:
Can't do anything about CoL but...don't drive during traffic hours =P

But ya it's an understandable problem. I structured my whole life so I would not have to drive during rush hours.
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Unfortunately most of us have to be at work at the same time as everyone else. Now that I moved though I suffer zero traffic.
 
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