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Potential Move Looking for some Unbiased Opinion
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:40 pm
Hello all. My wife and I currently live in Nashville (we are in our late 20s). She is having trouble finding a job in the Public School System here, with a Masters Degree. I work from home in the IT Field so I can pretty much work wherever I please.
We have 3 options we have been discussing:
1. Staying in Nashville, we have made a lot of great friends living here the past 3 years. No family in area.
2. Move to Tampa, FL. We have some friends that live there and she could try the market out there. No family in area.
3. Move to Baton Rouge where we have family at and parents will be retiring to in about 3 years. Have family to stay with at first.
I am close with family but also feel like that we have missed the window to develop friendships the way we had in Tennessee. Just looking for some opininons on what y'all think about the situation because I am honestly torn.
Have a good night.
We have 3 options we have been discussing:
1. Staying in Nashville, we have made a lot of great friends living here the past 3 years. No family in area.
2. Move to Tampa, FL. We have some friends that live there and she could try the market out there. No family in area.
3. Move to Baton Rouge where we have family at and parents will be retiring to in about 3 years. Have family to stay with at first.
I am close with family but also feel like that we have missed the window to develop friendships the way we had in Tennessee. Just looking for some opininons on what y'all think about the situation because I am honestly torn.
Have a good night.
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Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:41 pm to ztro4
why can't your wife be a teacher with a masters degree?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:42 pm to ztro4
4. Ferguson, MO
Make new friends, get new property
Make new friends, get new property
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:42 pm to ztro4
pics of wife?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:43 pm to ztro4
I would stay in Tennessee if I was in your situation
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:44 pm to ztro4
If the problem you are looking to solve is your wife's joblessness, I'd say you should pick the one where she can get a job. And maybe expand your options beyond where friends or family live. Unless those people are willing to support you.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:44 pm to lsu480
Stay
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:45 pm to ztro4
Do you have kids? When you have kids, you will make friends through them. Always works out that way. Pick the city you would most like to live in, has the better employment market, makes it easier to visit home... whichever is most important to you.
I miss BR but in could never move back there and live with that traffic.
I miss BR but in could never move back there and live with that traffic.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:46 pm to ztro4
quote:
(we are in our late 20s).
quote:
but also feel like that we have missed the window to develop friendships the way we had in Tennessee.
Depending on your hobbies and activities yall do outside of the home, you can still make some pretty good relationships in your 20s.
quote:
2. Move to Tampa, FL. We have some friends that live there and she could try the market out there. No family in area.
If these friends are married or have kids, or both, it probably isnt worth moving there just for that reason
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:47 pm to ztro4
If you want to get her a job then knock her up
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 11:47 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:48 pm to ztro4
I personally feel like Nashville is the nicest of those 3 places, but family can really make a difference. Pretty soon we'll have to make the same kind of decision... Move to somewhere we really love, or back home to be closer to family. It seems that a lot of people on here aren't really close to their family, and look at the situation as a no-brainer. It's not that easy for me.
As for your wife's job prospects, I really can't say one way or the other. I would think she would be able to find a job in BR pretty easily, especially if she isn't too choosy about the kind of school where she teaches.
As for your wife's job prospects, I really can't say one way or the other. I would think she would be able to find a job in BR pretty easily, especially if she isn't too choosy about the kind of school where she teaches.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:48 pm to ztro4
Take a piece of paper, make a list of the 5 most important things about where you wanna live from least important to most important and number them 1-5. Across the top write the three options. Under each column put a check if that area gives you what is listed in each category, put an x if it doesn't. Now add up the checks on each column, using the numbers listed to the left. Whichever ends up with the highest score you should pick.
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 11:50 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:48 pm to ztro4
Could probably find a job in East Baton Rouge Parish schools pretty easily, but chances that's it in a decent school are much lower.
Do you have kids/are you planning to have kids? Having family around can often be a blessing when you have children. I can't tell you how jealous I am when people talk about close family or grandparents watching their kids or spoiling them.
Do you have kids/are you planning to have kids? Having family around can often be a blessing when you have children. I can't tell you how jealous I am when people talk about close family or grandparents watching their kids or spoiling them.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:49 pm to LSUGrrrl
quote:
I miss BR but in could never move back there and live with that traffic.
kind of lame if thats the main reason for not living in BR.
fwiw, BR sucks but traffic wouldnt keep me from living there
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:50 pm to ztro4
quote:do this
1. Staying in Nashville, we have made a lot of great friends living here the past 3 years. No family in area.
quote:not bad
2. Move to Tampa, FL. We have some friends that live there and she could try the market out there. No family in area.
quote:You're joking right?!?
3. Move to Baton Rouge where we have family at and parents will be retiring to in about 3 years. Have family to stay with at first.
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:51 pm to GEAUXmedic
Tell her to apply for jobs in those towns (I'd throw in Atlanta and Houston personally, for more opportunities while still being driving distance from either Nashville or BR) and go where the job is.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:51 pm to boosiebadazz
quote:
Posted by boosiebadazz why can't your wife be a teacher with a masters degree?
I was wondering the same thing. If she can't get a job in Nashville, I don't think moving to a different city will make any difference. Maybe she needs to work on building a better resume? Be a substitute teacher for awhile in order to build some relationships.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:51 pm to ztro4
quote:
She is having trouble finding a job in the Public School System here, with a Masters Degree
I may be able to help you....e-mail?
ETA: Has she looked at Kingston Springs, Hendersonville, Franklin, Murfreesboro?
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 11:54 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:53 pm to Jones
It's a big reason but not the only. I'm truly miserable by the 3rd day when I go home to visit. I moved from Houston for the same reason. Life is too short to spend all day sitting in traffic.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:54 pm to ztro4
stay in Nashville or move to Tampa.
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