Would you change where you live for another job?

I would only relocate if it was on the same state. I may consider it if it is another Southern state but I will not move up North.

Hello,eskarena,it depends on which countries I am going to,if i like that country,i may go there,and it also depends on how long i have to be there,if you are saying i have to sell the house in my home country and stay in a foreign country for like five years,I think i need to consider it again. So what do you think about your job offer?

You have so many factors to consider before answering such a question. How old are you. Are you married? Have a family? Close relatives? Worth the money. I was asked these questionsas my job position was being moved from Georgia to Alabama. My answer was no. I took an early retirement and I have not regretted it for a second.

No. My and my partner moved from York back to Grimsby purposely so we could be with our families, as that is the most importan thing to us both.

Well since I know you a tad..LOL..I remember you mentioning that you and your family have been in your area a long, long, long time---it would probably be very unsettling for you to make such a move..BUT...is the job a really terrific one?? One to die for? A golden opportunity? Then I'd say go for it Eskarena! ;-)

In a heart beat. Where do you want me to go and when do I have to be there. As long as the job is not a step back, or at least it has better oportunities, I'll be there.

Difficult to say... I think that I can accept a job in another city (maybe also in another country) but I don't think that I can sell my apartment, I love too much my town. I am travelling all around the world for my job (sometime also for long time) but every time alsoi if I love the place where I am I need to know that I can came back to my town, to my parents, to my friends. I can work away but I WANT to know that there is a house waiting for me here, the place that I love and where there are all things that I love.

No, i like the place where i live and dont think that there is enough serious reason for total change -job, love and etc. I am not an adventurer.

I would. I have relocated a few times just for love and a relationship so changing jobs to have a better job, sure I would do it, but I am very spontaneous like that, not many people are. But you only live once and best live it to the fullest or you will regret it later.

I did just that. I was offered a job interview 3000 miles from my family and I flew up. I wrote a test and had an interview. They offered me the job on the spot. I called my husband and we decided to accept. I have regretted it ever since. I miss my family so much. I wish I had raised my children back where I lived because it was a smaller province and city. I got sick after I moved here and I believe the move had alot to do with my bipolar getting worse. I don't know if that is medically possible but I firmly believe it.

Back in 1992, my husband got laid off from his job and he found one but he had to relocate. Since we rented a house back then, it was no big deal so we moved about 150 miles away. When his job ended in 1999 we moved back to our home town and we bought a house. Now that I own my home it would be very hard for me to move, I think I wouldn't move since we are all settled down, my kids got used to their friends, family and schools. I have my mother and siblings nearby and my husband does too.

in current situation i will not because there are various reasons,but can't tell about the future though.i ma do it in a better place.

I wouldn't do it now at this time of life. We have been contemplating moving locally, and that seems a bit of an upheaval having been in this house for 20 years. I can walk into the city centre in 20 minutes, and my wife works 10 minutes walk away. 20 years ago, I would have done it -well I did do it. But first I would have to weigh up costs involved in moving, selling up (including solicitors costs, stamp duty, difference in council tax etc. etc) and work out how long it would take me to recuperate those costs, from the extra wages I may get (ie. the profit I would make from what I am earning at present) - if that makes sense. Say it would take 5 years - well to do it now, would mean by the time I had recuperated my costs, I would be ready to retire, so I would therefore break even. I would then have to ask myself, if the extra work and expense of moving is worth it financially. Then there's the other side. Is the place I'm moving too a desirable place to live? For example, in South Wales, we have good services. The bins are collected weekly, prescription charges have been scrapped and my family are within driving distance of under an hour. When I have made decisions in the past, I have always got two sheets of paper, one for the financial aspect and the other for contentment aspect. Split them both down the middle, one half of the sheet headed "for" and the other "against" and written it all down and talked about it with my wife until we reached a decision. These days I suppose I would use my XL spread sheet for the financial bit to find out those hidden costs.

yes no doubt!!! just with a only condition to not be london..lol.. i love warm and london seems to me not at all my prefferance. if i will get paid more than i am now ..why should to refuse?!...i feel i belong to this earth..not just my town. many hugs, augusta (hey,don't hate me because i don't like london,i love all english people!!!)

I don't think I would. I know you have kids and this could be tough on them. Also what if the new job didn't work out? That is a big gamble to me to sell your house and everything. You have a pretty good job now right? (I recall from one of your discussions) Would it be in the same field? You also have to take into consideration how much more money you would be making. Then again if you do decide to take it I would do it after your kids get out of school for the summer. Changing schools so close to the end of the school year would be doubly hard for them. Good luck!