Comments | valsmith: best places

valsmith

best places

Mar 18, 2009 18:47

Inevitably every year at this time I contemplate moving. Every year I decide not to, but assuming this is the year for change, where should I go? Career wise I can go pretty much anywhere I want. I've definitely had enough of NM, for like 5 years now, just haven't gotten up the gumption to leave. In the last couple of years I've been traveling a ( Read more... )

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yeh valsmith March 19 2009, 01:22:45 UTC

The problem with denver is that I've noticed the job market is pretty crappy, especially for the kind of stuff I do. (evil black ops world domination, etc).

If not for that I'd totally live in denver or somewhere between there and the springs.

V.

Re: yeh fuckface303 March 20 2009, 01:34:18 UTC

DC is a clusterfuck. Everyone hates DC. Even people who live in/near DC. Retard High cost of living. Makes Have I mentioned DC sucks? DC embodies everything wrong with this country. Makes LA look like a good option ( ... )

dustydisaster March 19 2009, 02:45:57 UTC

Cost of living in Denver, San Fran and DC are pretty high. I'd say Austin (no state income tax and close to me!1!) or Seattle. Those would be my two choices.

spux March 19 2009, 04:50:16 UTC

Denver rulz. ;-)

freudian_slip March 19 2009, 05:40:33 UTC

i like seattle, but then, i am biased. *shrug*

gomeza March 19 2009, 13:10:47 UTC

Denver has a tough job market? Hmm. Depends on how marketable / widely applicable your job skills are. I guess if htey are really narrow focus, we might have a challenging market. I agree that our cost of living is high - mostly due to the cost of housing. The housing market is very healthy here, but that's from an investor's point of view. Vacancy rates continue to hover well below 5%, housing construction is booming, but rent and prices are high. Supply << demand. Dear California, please stop sending people, k-thx-bye.

OTOH, we've got great culture, but we're not so full of ourselves as the coasts seem to be. Not having lived on either coast for more than a few days, I'm making that statement based on what people have said who have moved here from either coast. People who move here tend to put down roots. The downside is what it's doing to our housing market. On the plus side, my house is worth 30% more than what I paid for it. Hell, it was worth more than I paid for it the day I moved in.

fuckface303 March 20 2009, 01:46:02 UTC

Wedxday was talking about Denver's security market. The IT market there has always been a good market. I've watched Denver's security postings for the last 10 years, as we have always considered coming back to Denver. The infosec stuff just really hasn't been nearly as active as I would have expected, even with their very active IT market. That being said, If you know of super sweet security job resources, let me know.. I like to believe I'm quite marketable.

gomeza March 20 2009, 20:36:15 UTC

Oh, d'oh. Well, I can't speak to the security market, since I'm not in it, but I get the impression from talking to those who are that there are few such positions with companies physically located here. OTOH, most of the Denverites I know who work in security (the same ones you know of course) seem to work for companies headquartered out of state.