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Jeff,
You know where the money is, but don't like the political climate or the living expense or conditions. You must accept that's a fact and work around it. I can't really say any of us live in a place where there's no complains. I spend 95% of my life here in LA and I can btich and moan about many things I dislike but I don't let it get to me. Somehow, we make it all work. It seem that you are fighting something you have no control over. You want your own practice, but it is going to happen and in what state? You must be realistic here, building that client base will take some time and do you have the time to grind it out and how much longer do you want to work (I have no idea how old you are)? when you work for yourself, the minute you start, that's when you work yourself out of a job. I am not sure what kind of architecture do you want to do or if that's what you want?
San Francisco is beautiful, but if you think LA is $$$, add another 20-30$ to SF, but work is out there and the pay is on both coast in the big cities? How much longer can you do this before you hit that age when employers will say, how much time can I get out of this guy? I agree with you, one week in Seattle kick my teeth in because it rained all freaking day. Still, I take that over the snow country. I spent some time in Calgary. We have family up there as well as Moosejaw, SK. I can't deal with that and wouldn't.
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