Josh Kroll and Pat Neuman started a thread about living closer to our jobs. Now this sounds easy on the surface, but it has not been proven so in my life.
Jobs are uncertain in some lines of work. For example, I'm a computer programmer. There was a time a few years ago when I was laid off 3 times in 25 months. I specialize in software used in the medical field. I found a new job relatively quickly in each instance, but the new jobs were in different areas of the Metro. My wife is a teacher in a rural school district. Her job is extremely stable (kind of hard to outsource teaching first grade), but she cannot move to another school district without giving up her tenure and take a 30--40% wage cut. We could move nearer to my wife's job, but then what would I do for work? There are not too many skilled, technical jobs that would pay me even half of what I currently make. We could move closer to my job, but I could be laid of tomorrow. Then when I found another job we would just have to move again. We each commute, in opposite directions, about 35 miles each way. There are the facts. Do you have any answers other than to keep doing what we currently are doing? I currently work one day per week at home. My employer does not allow me to do so more frequently. Tom Searles Waiting for answers in Waconia, Twp. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
