Would You Rather - Relocation Vs Friends And Family

It’s better to take the chance when you’re young and still have the chance. Otherwise it could be something you’ll regret forever. The best thing about going far away …you can always come back. Life is all about risks and taking chances. Safe to say …I’d relocate great post.

While I consider myself a risk taker with certain things, I’d have to go with the family and friends option. I would like to take a chance and relocate, but I would miss everyone at home too much.

God forbid something happens to a family member or friend when i’m gone, I dunno how i’d deal with that.

I’d relocate, or at least I would have after college. I had 2 plans to set up shop outside my parents, 1 taking me as far as Japan, but neither worked and I ended up at home, which in turn has worked out nicely. I don’t regret not relocating, but I’m glad I gave it a shot.

well, i don’t mind moving a short distance away, but across the country, nah. i’d say 4-5 hrs tops.

would it change anyones answer if they were in a relationship and their partner couldnt move with them?

Is this other location Chicago? If so, shit…fuck you all, I’m taking a chance. Chi-town is a beast of a town filled opportunity.

adding the whole relationship thing does make a difference, however, is there ever really a reason why someone couldn’t go? there’s always a job everywhere for someone. ps, dan …i think i’m winning. DUHHH.

Okay…I had to respond to this WYR because I’ve actually done both. After college I worked in St. Louis for a year at a job I didn’t like before relocating to Chicago to a job that I love, and still work at. The twist that I came across is that now I am in a serious relationship, so the chances of me moving back home to my family are slim to none. I just have to drive for 4-5 hours to see them instead and 10 hours in a car, over three days, can be a little rough.

In my opinion, you have to relocate. Being able to support yourself is that first step to being able to support someone else as well. So even if you have a serious relationship, you take that chance. Accept in my case, the wifey probably wouldn’t want to move and she’d keep the kid. I am forever stuck in PA. This sucks.

You grab your licorice and jacks and hit the road. Not for the money, but because you become exotic, a foreigner, a rebel. You’ll make friends with the locals eventually and they will much more interested in hearing about where you grew up than Tommy who grew up on the other side of the fence. Or, in my case being from St. Louis, every new person will ask you if you know Nelly instead of where you went to high school. But, I suppose the grass is always greener. Gotta go and meet Tommy for lunch.

My wife & I just recently relocated from Mass to AZ and so far it seems like we are dragging friends and family with us. Two have or are in the process of following and soon there may be more.

It was a little odd at first. My brother-in-law drove out shite out for us, while we drove our car, and as soon as he left to head back east it hit us that we were all alone in a very defferent environment.

So far it’s going well, and we are adjusting to being out of our element. Friends as parents and at this stage in life are a little harder to make, but it hapens naturally if you let it.

I actually moved back home recently to rural Kansas after living in Hoboken, New Jersey. I wanted to be near family again. But in this backwater place, people are very nosy, so they are always asking me what I’m doing here.

After getting very, very tired of sounding like a broken record talking about roots and family and what have you, I just started offering a three-word answer that has the nice side benefit of making people leave me alone: witness protection program.