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  1. 1. What would you do?

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Imagine you're young and single. Imagine you live in a place that you hate to the point where looking out the window sickens you. You have a great job, ungodly connections, all of your family is there, but you can't stand the country itself. The weather, the politics, the culture, everything about it literally sickens you to your stomach.

Now imagine a place you love 10,000 miles away. You've lived in at least 6 countries but no place has ever been more beautiful to you. You've been there before, once for a month and once for several months and there you've pretty much found your paradise. But you have nothing there. No job, no prospects, not a single friend or even a person you know. And it's literally as distant as geographically possible from anything and everything you know.

Now imagine you could move to that place. But you have nothing there, and can bring nothing with you. There is no coming back if you go, and no going there later if you stay. If you go, you literally have one dollar in your pocket, not enough for even a day's food and shelter. But you know that if it works out, you'll be happy there for the rest of your life.

Would you go there or stay where you are? That is percisely the question that is plaguing my mind right now.

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I'm very bound to structure and routine. The prospect of an entirely new beginning would scare the crap out of me, regardless of my disdain for my current location.

I too hate many things about where I live, but the aforementioned will probably prevent me from ever leaving, and I don't have the good roots that you do, at least in the job world (I'm still in college).

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If you have a great job, then why would you need to start over with only 1 dollar in your pocket? If there are prospects in the new location, and you could leave but take with you enough money to keep you going for the first few months then the decision would be much easier.

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Imagine you're young and single.

I am.

Imagine you live in a place that you hate to the point where looking out the window sickens you.

I do.

You have a great job, ungodly connections

I have neither at the moment.

all of your family is there

They are. There lies the problem. I can't leave my family and don't want to. Otherwise I'd have left long ago.

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Don't just drop anything. Take as much as you can with you. My suggestion is to spend some time there first. Maybe go on vacation for a month. Before you move, get a job and a place to live. If you can at least have something there before you go, it might be a good thing. Just make sure you really want to go to this place before you commit to it. Maybe you just need to go on vacation. I don't know you, i don't know what your situation is, but think about it.

Most importantly, talk to people around you. Don't listen to the hordes of socially dysfunctional people who leech around on neowin.

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I grew up in North Dakota, a depressing area. Once I got the chance, I got the hell out of there. I moved here to Greenville, SC on a friend's recommendation. I had no job lined up, and no place to stay. That was nearly 17 years ago, and since that time I am making 6-1/2 times the money. :)

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I've lived in the same place for 25 years, a small town in the middle of England. All of my family & friends are there, along with my girlfriend.

I'm uping sticks and moving to California once my visa comes through. I didn't really hesitate at the opportunity to work in a place like socal.

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I reckon it's just a holiday romance with this place.

If youre unhappy having everything at home, I doubt you'll be happy with nothing if you move.

Just because it's a visually nice place doesn't mean that's enough to keep you there for ever.

Why can't you go back home afterwards? Going to kick the crap out someone before you go?

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