I want to move to Oregon like so much you guys. I don't really like this area.

Was thinking of looking for oil jobs in the houston/Austin area. Cost of living is so low and it's not like they're dead cities

jeff2sf wrote:I can't see someone move willingly out of the bay area, I just can't. It's only money Kruker. Maybe if you lived closer to San Francisco, the greatest city on Earth, you might be more willing to put up with the taxes - you seemed much happier when you were living in the Marina. Austin is hot, Austin has no sports teams, Austin is not San Francisco.

I moved out of SF some 10 years ago. Always thought I'd go back. Still haven't been able to convince the wife to move there.

jamiethekiller wrote:Was thinking of looking for oil jobs in the houston/Austin area. Cost of living is so low and it's not like they're dead cities

Austin and Houston are not anywhere near the same thing. It's like saying you're going to look for jobs in San Diego and Liberia

Trent Steele wrote:

jamiethekiller wrote:Was thinking of looking for oil jobs in the houston/Austin area. Cost of living is so low and it's not like they're dead cities

Austin and Houston are not anywhere near the same thing. It's like saying you're going to look for jobs in San Diego and Liberia

Who cares. Is big oil there and is it cheap. Sign me up

Thinking about going back to school at either Stanford or Montco

toss-up

Fuck it, I'm moving to Alaska

Better than Houston, prob

SF is a filthy overpriced town with terrible weather and it's filled with the worst types of white people imaginable

I have family in Austin, so I'm there about 3 or 4 times a year. It's an incredible city and the housing is surprisingly affordable, especially just a few miles outside of downtown. That said, before deciding on a move there, I'd highly recommend visiting during the heart of the summer. It gets fucking brutally hot and ithe whole dry heat thing is bullshit. It also stays that hit for months, it was 100 degrees there in late Sept this fall. It may make no difference for some but it's worth doing your due diligence about.

And Trent's right, Austin and Houston are nothing alike. Houston is a miserable place, where Austin is one of the coolest city's in the states

jamiethekiller wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

jamiethekiller wrote:Was thinking of looking for oil jobs in the houston/Austin area. Cost of living is so low and it's not like they're dead cities

Austin and Houston are not anywhere near the same thing. It's like saying you're going to look for jobs in San Diego and Liberia

Who cares. Is big oil there and is it cheap. Sign me up

What kind of oil job are you looking for? If you're a petroleum engineer, you can pretty much write your own ticket. You can make good money on the rigs, but it's really hard dangerous work. You can make even better money offshore, but it's even harder and more dangerous.

And Houston has its plusses. It's very ethnically diverse for one. It's spread out to be sure with little public transit. Sort of like a hotter more conservative version of New Jersey. But Houston does have a lesbian mayor.

Those Doritos tuccos were all I could have hoped for and more

TenuredVulture wrote:What kind of oil job are you looking for?

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jeff2sf wrote:I can't see someone move willingly out of the bay area, I just can't. It's only money Kruker. Maybe if you lived closer to San Francisco, the greatest city on Earth, you might be more willing to put up with the taxes - you seemed much happier when you were living in the Marina. Austin is hot, Austin has no sports teams, Austin is not San Francisco.

Austin has some awesome, awesome people.

I love the city, but it's tough living there with a car and even tougher to find a reasonable place for under 1.8-2K a month. I really like it here, but not that much.

BDawk wrote:I have family in Austin, so I'm there about 3 or 4 times a year. It's an incredible city and the housing is surprisingly affordable, especially just a few miles outside of downtown. That said, before deciding on a move there, I'd highly recommend visiting during the heart of the summer. It gets #$!&@ brutally hot and ithe whole dry heat thing is #$!&@. It also stays that hit for months, it was 100 degrees there in late Sept this fall. It may make no difference for some but it's worth doing your due diligence about.

And Trent's right, Austin and Houston are nothing alike. Houston is a miserable place, where Austin is one of the coolest city's in the states

I haven't been there in the summer. In my mind, I'm thinking that if I can deal with the awful Miami summers, I should be alright.

This is all contingent on the job search, but I'm almost certain it's something I want to do.

Grotewold wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:What kind of oil job are you looking for?

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I laughed so hard at this I literally barfed a little.

kruker wrote:

BDawk wrote:I have family in Austin, so I'm there about 3 or 4 times a year. It's an incredible city and the housing is surprisingly affordable, especially just a few miles outside of downtown. That said, before deciding on a move there, I'd highly recommend visiting during the heart of the summer. It gets #$!&@ brutally hot and ithe whole dry heat thing is #$!&@. It also stays that hit for months, it was 100 degrees there in late Sept this fall. It may make no difference for some but it's worth doing your due diligence about.

And Trent's right, Austin and Houston are nothing alike. Houston is a miserable place, where Austin is one of the coolest city's in the states

I haven't been there in the summer. In my mind, I'm thinking that if I can deal with the awful Miami summers, I should be alright.

This is all contingent on the job search, but I'm almost certain it's something I want to do.

That's probably a fair comparison, though I think Austin is hotter and the ocean isn't right there. For what your paying for rent in SF, you could own a home in Austin for less. I say do it. I love it there. I'd move tomorrow but my GF is a developmental therapist and TX doesn't have the job opportunities that she has in PA. And anyone who questions why you'd move to Austin clearly hasn't been there, because it's pretty obvious once you put a foot on the ground.

My friend lived in Austin for a while and one night he got so shithammered drunk that he invited a girl with a prosthetic arm back to his place without realizing she had a fake arm

"my friend"