Well guys been off the forum for a few months now-much water under the bridge, but I see that little has changed in OT land except for the Joe vs Shaun contretemps.
An honest question awaits you who peruse the remainder of the post, give it your best shot. It's keeping me up nights (that's why I'm typing at this hour).
Some of you may recall, I was moving from SoCal to Florida (new job) last summer. Got there and job went in the toilet - the usual political baloney.
Anyway, I scrambled and found some temp work and am looking again for something permanent. The last six months, if I haven't been at work, I've been traveling 3day weekends to interview - now everything looks the same. So you get to cast your vote for where you think the best place to land would be.
Those in the running include Kalifornia - north central valley (north of Sac) several towns of around 100K pop, one with a university, San Antonio, and St Pete.
What's important: (your order of importance may vary)
1. The 930 is de-smogified
2. The jobs rate out of 10 Kali - 5-6 (maybe 7 at a stretch), SanAntone - 8-9, St Pete 7
3. All of the nuc family (both mine & wife's) is in SoCal & we have a <2yr old, with plans for more.
4. We are solidly in the 9.3% tax bracket in Kal
5. Infineon/Laguna Seca vs SeaWorld vs Daytona/Sebring
6. other hobbies: sea kayaking, fishing, out of shape road biker and backpacker, avoiding natural disasters
7. We like towns that have a character (hence little interest in big metroplexes), and have generally lived in <100K towns in the past.
8. On the other hand, we like ethnic diversity and proximity to a major airport because we travel(ed) a lot.
Those are the things that come to mind immediately.
PS Lets avoid the "commie Kalifornians" and "facist Floridians" for now.
PPS I would prefer not to visit Niffleheim (sp), Hades, etc.