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Cross Country Move
Armored Gorilla
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I would like to move from my current location in Maryland to somewhere in the West. My thoughts are Portland, San Diego, or Honolulu ... obviously they're all completely different cities from each other, but these are the ones I've been looking into. It's a long term idea, as I can't just pack up and haul out. That aside, I've never made a move of that magnitude before. I've moved apartments and houses and such to the next town over and whatever, but I've never lived even out of the state before. Obviously, I'll need a job before I moved and a place to live, but what kind of other things should I be looking into? Public transportation, vehicles, where to live in the cities? I feel like this sounds more difficult in my mind than it should be.
Note: This is all just thoughts at this point; no concrete plans. Just trying to get an idea of what I would need to do. No time like the present to think it out.
Note: This is all just thoughts at this point; no concrete plans. Just trying to get an idea of what I would need to do. No time like the present to think it out.
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You go where
a) The lifestyle sounds like what you want
b) You know you can get a job (I don't mean that you have a job, but that you can get one. For example, it's no use moving to central Iowa if you're a marine biologist)
If you've visited the cities, that helps, but isn't necessary. Of course, you'll need to save money if you are going without a job, but you don't need to worry about where you'll live until you've got one.
All you need to remember is that millions of people get along fine in these places, and you will too. You just have to work out where you want to be first.
Decide which city you want to be in first, then work from there.
Forget about getting a job before you move out here; it's not going to happen. You should have a minimum of 2-3 months of living expenses saved up in addition to a significant amount of moving expenses. You should fly over and find a place to live ahead of time, though.
For Seattle, at least, being able to move in in about two weeks was right. We ended up paying two weeks of rent just to get a place (even though we wouldn't be moved in during that time).