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Assuming I'm in a "financially precarious situation" is a bit presumptuous. My wife is an employed college grad, and we have much more saved than the average Am

Assuming I'm in a "financially precarious situation" is a bit presumptuous. My wife is an employed college grad, and we have much more saved than the average American. We have health insurance, and have already completely paid off the medical bills for her birth. We are fine. It's still too risky and difficult for us to relocate, though. Our family all lives nearby, so we have a support structure here. My wife has an established career in a low cost of living area. Housing is incredibly cheap. We mesh with the culture here. When I get a job, we'll be able to buy a house pretty easily. It's just tough for me to get an IT job, because most low level positions have been outsourced in my area.

istorical 9y ago
The circumstances of your area are so individual that without specifying a specific city or town you're pretty much not going to get any useful advice. And generalizing the Bay Area to all other higher salary + higher CoL places is also going to yield no useful insight. Or in other words - your parent comment about how articles like this are why you don't consider relocating neglects the fact that there are likely middle ground locations where you could be paid a higher wage while still paying a lower rent. One simply can't extrapolate that much when looking at CoL or salary.
disnsj 9y ago
You don’t have to justify to anyone why you are having a child. (As a parent, I can see by you’re set up better than most) If for no other reason having children is our biological raison d’être. Go tell a squirell it’s not rich enough to procreate! Children are brought up with very little means everyday; they don’t need rich parents. Children are seen by our rich society as a luxury good that only the well off are worthy of buying. Instead what children need are strong loving parents. (I’m so anoyed at the parents of my kid’s spoiled friends, and she not even three) I lived for three months in Cali (Santa Barbara) and it is one of the last places in N. America I would raise my daughter. Only the despair from the poorest, heroin addicted, countries in WV would rank lower. A well employed parent, a well educated spouse and grandparents to help. We should all be so lucky!
foobarian 9y ago
Speaking as a recent parent and having known recent parents I can tell you that having family (your parents and in-laws) close by is worth tens of thousands of dollars a year in child care costs, and you should count your blessings if you can rely on it.
jstarfish 9y ago
I wish you the best, but you're just making a bunch of excuses. You say it's risky and difficult to chase jobs elsewhere. Yet you claim to be better off than the average American while chasing entry level jobs. If anything this makes you more mobile than the average American. Use this to your advantage instead of holding out for one of a dwindling number of jobs in some rural town. Because even if you get one, what's your exit strategy if you lose it? By your own account your position seems to be ripe for elimination. Holding out seems more risky than moving on. Don't move to the Bay area or manhattan. The rest of the country is not representative of this article. But that's just my take on it. Best of luck to you.

istorical 9y ago

The circumstances of your area are so individual that without specifying a specific city or town you're pretty much not going to get any useful advice. And generalizing the Bay Area to all other higher salary + higher CoL places is also going to yield no useful insight. Or in other words - your parent comment about how articles like this are why you don't consider relocating neglects the fact that there are likely middle ground locations where you could be paid a higher wage while still paying a lower rent. One simply can't extrapolate that much when looking at CoL or salary.

disnsj 9y ago

You don’t have to justify to anyone why you are having a child. (As a parent, I can see by you’re set up better than most) If for no other reason having children is our biological raison d’être. Go tell a squirell it’s not rich enough to procreate! Children are brought up with very little means everyday; they don’t need rich parents. Children are seen by our rich society as a luxury good that only the well off are worthy of buying. Instead what children need are strong loving parents. (I’m so anoyed at the parents of my kid’s spoiled friends, and she not even three) I lived for three months in Cali (Santa Barbara) and it is one of the last places in N. America I would raise my daughter. Only the despair from the poorest, heroin addicted, countries in WV would rank lower. A well employed parent, a well educated spouse and grandparents to help. We should all be so lucky!

foobarian 9y ago

Speaking as a recent parent and having known recent parents I can tell you that having family (your parents and in-laws) close by is worth tens of thousands of dollars a year in child care costs, and you should count your blessings if you can rely on it.

jstarfish 9y ago

I wish you the best, but you're just making a bunch of excuses. You say it's risky and difficult to chase jobs elsewhere. Yet you claim to be better off than the average American while chasing entry level jobs. If anything this makes you more mobile than the average American. Use this to your advantage instead of holding out for one of a dwindling number of jobs in some rural town. Because even if you get one, what's your exit strategy if you lose it? By your own account your position seems to be ripe for elimination. Holding out seems more risky than moving on. Don't move to the Bay area or manhattan. The rest of the country is not representative of this article. But that's just my take on it. Best of luck to you.