{"id":262,"date":"2011-09-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:29:18","slug":"the-rusty-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2011\/09\/18\/the-rusty-state\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rusty State…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through all of this, The loss of my job, beginning a new job search, etc. I have come to realize that I am profoundly unhappy in California.<\/p>\n

I can’t get past how expensive it to live here and how much further the available cash would go if I was somewhere else.<\/p>\n

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Had I put the house on the market just 4 years ago I could in theory be living in another state with better  job prospects, and a pretty decent cash reserve. Now if I were to sell the house I’d probably just break even.<\/div>\n
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Yes this is “coulda woulda shoulda” but I’ve been unhappy with California for at least 10 years. I’ve stayed because of my better half. I don’t regret that decision per se, I do see the toll it’s taken on me and the relationship.<\/p>\n

I was trying to do the ‘ol plus \/ minus list<\/p>\n

Reasons to Stay                                        Reasons to Leave<\/b>
House                                                         Commute
Yard                                                           Job prospects dwindling
                                                                   Crowding
                                                                   Cost of living
                                                                   State on the edge of bankruptcy
                                                                   High Taxes
                                                                   Infrastructure degrading<\/p>\n

I’ve been in California over 30 years. I’ve lived here in this town for 19 years.<\/p>\n

You’d think I’d be more attached and that I’d have a lot of friends. I’m attached to my house and I have 4 friends. Not a lot to show for being somewhere for such a long time.<\/p>\n

Why not a lot of friends? I spent most of the past 30 years one way or another on California Freeways cooped up in a little metal box making money for one set of bastards or another.<\/p>\n

Even though I’m unemployed, pretty much no matter what position I take I will inevitably have to commute. At minimum that commute will be 70 miles one way. I don’t have it in me anymore. I can’t take the frustration and shitty driving anymore.<\/p>\n

What do I want?<\/p>\n

A place where if I want to I could ride a bicycle to work.
A place with a sense of community
I’d like some nice neighbors, and while I’d like to have a change of season, I’m not much for long cold Winters.<\/p>\n

This is starting to sound a lot like a description of some of the smaller East coast towns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Through all of this, The loss of my job, beginning a new job search, etc. I have come to realize that I am profoundly unhappy in California. I can’t get past how expensive it to live here and how much further the available cash would go if I was somewhere else. Had I put the house … <\/p>\n

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