lbE08
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The region exec I work for is leaving the southeast to head to LA and run the Southern California market. She wants me to come with her which has my interest but would be a major leap having grown up on the East Coast and all of our friends and family are here, etc. We also just bought our house in Durham 18 months ago but that can be worked around. I know we have some SoCal lovers on here. What should I know? We have a follow up meeting on Monday to discuss further.
For what it's worth, having done this (moving to Portland when everything/everyone was in NC/east coast) it's not really as scary as it feels.
Obviously any move is a big change, but if you move somewhere cool people come visit and it's easy to go visit people. I've been out here for 8 years now, and love it. Husband and I will likely go back to the east coast eventually (once his kids are out of high school) because the family draw is real, but ultimately I am so glad I took the opportunity to come out here at this stage of life. Especially if you already have the stability of knowing you have a job and paid moving expenses, what's the worst that can happen? You give it a whirl, it sucks; go back to Durham (especially if you rent your house out rather than sell).
I can't really speak for SoCal at all, but if you've never really lived anywhere other than the east coast, I'd recommend getting out to this side of things just to see more and check out something new. Again, it's a lot easier to go back than it is to make the initial move.