get yer ass off the east coast and come out here where 90K would make you a wealthy home owner....
> We're considering moving (from the Boston area). My company has offices > in > Moosic (outside of Scranton). > > Any comments on the area? Schools (aside from Dover how are they with > science curricula)? Services (broadband, cable, phone, etc)? > > > The move isn't something we're looking forward too unfortunately. We just > can't afford to buy a house here although we LOVE the area dearly. But I > make $90,000/year and I can't come close to buying a house in Boston Metro > (isn't that just plain sick?) By most standards I'm doing very well but > we're still in a small apartment with no storage, no laundry and no > equity. > > (Houses in my neighborhood, West Somerville, are running over $600,000 > now.) > > If I move I can keep my current salary which is great. It would net us a > very nice house in the Moosic/Scranton area. Unfortunately we don't have > much saved for a down payment but I think we can scrape enough together in > time. > > I will have to give up telecommuting (a major drag for me), but my family > WILL get a house out of the deal. I've always felt guilty that I've never > given the kids those things that I had growing up: a backyard, a swing > set, > a basement or attic to build giant Lego creations, etc. Where we are my > kids can't even go outside unless we go with them. > > My (7 year-old) son goes into tears at the mere mention of moving... but I > think he'll get over it. And we wouldn't be doing it until the summer in > any case (so he'll be able to finish out the school year at least). > > It really sucks that my choices are move the whole family several hundred > miles or continue paying god-awfully high rent and never own my own home. > > Ah well... I guess I shouldn't complain. I'm sure there are a lot of > people > that would love to have my problems. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:181963 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
