I currently have about $5,000 to burn and I am thinking about using it to move to another state.?

Question

Can you recommend good cities/towns that are affordable with a decent Information Technology market?

Let's just say $5,000 to take care of moving expenses. From my research (and prior experience), $5,000 will cover moving truck rental and first and last months rent at the very least. Other expenses will be covered with other money...The $5,000 is strictly for the cost of relocating all of my stuff from one place to another. I did it before with almost half of that.

Answer 1

You don't say what city and state you are currently in,
so we don't know what you might consider "affordable" or what level of tech (job?) market is in your area, now. Keep in mind that inexpensive places to live are hard to find, and are often out in the "boonies" with limited shopping, services, theatre, dining, entertainment, etc, etc, etc. Just as an example, I was "forced" to move from my very suburban home near the Washington DC area, which had lots of malls, tennis groups (very important to me!), people, and so on, to a very rural area for, what turned out to be, a miserable job; I had to drive 70 miles just to find someone who knew what a tennis racquet was (that was just before the price of gas went above $2/gal) and no - - and I mean *NO* - - entertainment or fine dining ANYwhere within a 100 mile radius, I kid you not!!! I was VERY glad to get out of there! Fortunately, I moved myself, putting most of my stuff in cheap storage, and lived out of a good, inexpensive hotel, thus significantly lowering my moving expenses, but, if I had to do it all over again, I would have done whatever it took to stay in my original home!

However, you can use the link, below, to help make the decision for yourself (the middle area labeled "Find Services by Category" includes relocation and other info). The other links may be of use, but they are also a little outdated (I'm sure it's difficult to keep such sites up-to-date, but they are good for basic info).

BTW, the cost of moving, alone, could be as much as $5,000, depending on how much you have to move, whether you need to hire a professional service or get a few buddies to fill a trailer for you, etc, so I'd think this through VERY carefully, if I were you. $5,000 can buy a lot of gas and other necessities of life, if you stay put! Consider telecommuting, temporary contracting (i.e., you get a decent hotel or apartment near your new work site, but keep your current home, too, until you see how it works out).

Good luck!

Answer 2

i might evaluate CA over the others by way of climate. you're used to humidity now yet no longer Phoenix warmth. NM is okay yet there at the instant are not a brilliant form of people there (solid mexican nutrition!) California gets a nasty rap even though it fairly is costly to stay there. I stay in Northern California and prefer it. Southern California has too many human beings and except you reside in San Diego I basically does not. seem at north of Sacramento or SF or maybe evaluate Oregon. in case you agree on that Arizona may well be superb then i might recommend the Flagstaff section. New Mexico consistently has Santa Fe it fairly is fairly cool additionally. it actually relies upon on you. in case you progression to California you are able to consistently get a job with tourism... Lake Tahoe, northen coast......

Answer 3

Is that a typo or a joke? $5,000, won't get you moved out of your neighborhood much less your state.

Answer 4

Edison NJ,

Answer 5

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