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Leaving California may not be as money saving as it appears. Where you live can strongly affect the way your money is used. I moved from an area near central LA to the beach, and my expenses dropped considerably because I no longer wanted to get the hell away every weekend. The air was better, and why go anywhere if you live 2 blocks from the Pacific Ocean? Maybe occcasionally head out to the mountains.
To a somewhat lesser extent, I feel the same here in Seattle. Some costs are a bit higher here than the national average, like housing, and since wages are high, getting anything done is apt to cost more. But again, as long as escaping the weather is not a problem for a person, there is no driving need to escape on vacations.
If someone lives in a very attractive place, it can be hard to move away, and I for one would not make any decisions that seemed to make a move to a cheaper place necessary. Unless of course I were about to go crazy on my job and I had thoroughly explored ways of improving my work satisfaction and had at least tried some of them.
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To a somewhat lesser extent, I feel the same here in Seattle. Some costs are a bit higher here than the national average, like housing, and since wages are high, getting anything done is apt to cost more. But again, as long as escaping the weather is not a problem for a person, there is no driving need to escape on vacations.
If someone lives in a very attractive place, it can be hard to move away, and I for one would not make any decisions that seemed to make a move to a cheaper place necessary. Unless of course I were about to go crazy on my job and I had thoroughly explored ways of improving my work satisfaction and had at least tried some of them.
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