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Martel

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Gray4lines

Yes, VA would be a great place to live, beautiful state. Closer to DC, as Davis says, cost of living will skyrocket, and you will likely want to pay for private schooling for your kids to get em out of public schools (depending on the district).

camgfs

madurofan

madurofan

Oh and as for Richmond, that's 2 hours the other direction for me. Other than the history and being the state capital Richmond has nothing I'm interested in. The city itself is dirty and crime riddled. The suburbs are just that suburbs. There are some great shopping districts and a really good chain of cigar shops but that's it to me. I'm not saying I wouldn't take a job there. I'd just live out in the country a ways and plan on a commute. Is the company in Richmond downtown or one of the burbs?

madurofan

And finally good Luck! I wasn't trying to be discouraging and hope I wasn't. I just hate to see people not have all the info they need for an intelligent decision. I'd love to have another BOTL in the area. There are some really great cigar shops all around VA.

kuzi16

so much for not fluffing your posts....

smoke em if you got em

madurofan:

Oh and as for Richmond, that's 2 hours the other direction for me. Other than the history and being the state capital Richmond has nothing I'm interested in. The city itself is dirty and crime riddled. The suburbs are just that suburbs. There are some great shopping districts and a really good chain of cigar shops but that's it to me. I'm not saying I wouldn't take a job there. I'd just live out in the country a ways and plan on a commute. Is the company in Richmond downtown or one of the burbs?

well damn...I live in the Richmond area not in the city but in a surrounding county...glad I sent him a PM cuz if he had just read your post I think most he would think Richmond is a *** hole. Just when I thought it would be cool to kick it with you since you have returned to the forums...but I think I will pass.

madurofan

madurofan

smoke em if you got em

xmacro

I lived in West Virginia for college and sometimes went into Virginia - both beautiful states, truly God's country. Take a drive through on I-95 and you see rolling hills completely covered in lush green trees, truly beautiful.

Bigshizza

Like I said Eric, I've only been here for 4 months but, my wife grew up here. It's got 4 distinct seasons, low cost of living, great community awareness and lots of education opportunities. It's an area surrounded by lakes and activities year round. I'm looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish here. Our mortgage is the same as our rent was on a town home in the Seattle area.

Martel

Thanks for the input. I'd be outside Richmond, in Colonial Heights. In NoVA, the job is right off of I-95 in Stafford. For a while, we'd definitely rent to scope out schools and housing. But you have to remember, we live in Memphis and I teach in what has historically been one of, if not the poorest urban zip codes in the country. Y'all can't scare me off with this rough city talk.

clearlysuspect

xmacro:

I lived in West Virginia for college and sometimes went into Virginia - both beautiful states, truly God's country. Take a drive through on I-95 and you see rolling hills completely covered in lush green trees, truly beautiful.

I personally prefer the drive on I-64 and I-81. Talk about Charlottesville and wine country has me missing home. If you don't move to Virginia for anything but the awesome wine festivals and wineries they have, it's worth it. I grew up in Lynchburg, VA. If you can't find something to do in VA, you're not looking very hard. That's all the input I have.

madurofan

jasonusa1

madurofan

smoke em if you got em

perkinke

Spokane is a very pretty area, the city itself isn't anything special, but it's also the middle of no where. I haven't been there in about 10 years, but meth was just starting to hit the town hard and it had a pretty high crime rate for the Northwest, not sure what it's like now (but with you coming from Memphis....). It has Gonzaga University (which is why I visited with an ex) and Washington State Univ. is about a hour or so south. It's pretty dry though. Couer D'Alene is supposed to be on an upswing too (a little east of Spokane), since the last big group of white supremacists left, but northern Idaho has a bad reputation for being home to a lot of white supremacist groups.

stephen_hannibal

Martel

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Martel

curtpick

Think of the future prospects. Which will pay off on your resume in the future. I am certain you will not be in this one job forever. Best of Luck !

Bigshizza

Good luck almost neighbor!! Hope it works out!!

Rhamlin

Good luck brother. The job market is pretty rough right now. Thought I was gonna be looking myself there for a little while. Still might if the farmers aren't able to plant soon.

Martel

Rhamlin

Either way sounds like it will be rewarding and you'll be doing his work. Sounds like you need to pick the one that will be a fit for your family. You'll get a sign.

Martel

Well, decision made. Other churches might come knocking, but the opportunity to build something up, well not from the ground up, but to make significant changes to benefit an organization (really to benefit the people we serve) with the full support of its board and executive director may not come again. Money wasn't as good, at least not right now, but we'll see in a couple of years. I'm staying in Memphis and working for the nonprofit. To start, I'll be teaching GED classes for the most part. A quarter of my time "on the clock" will be spent doing other things. Those other things will gradually take more of my time and the teaching will take less time. At least that's the plan. I'm helping people, and that's what I really want to do.