Post #47711 by Kim on Wed, Aug 13, 2003 4:04 PM

My mother-in-law (Tikitronic's mom) is under the impression that she can move to CA with maybe $180,000 from the sale of her WA house and live down there somehow, and this thread is precisely why we've been trying to talk her out of it. She doesn't have the skills to land a job making much more than minimum wage-- she doesn't have a chance.

And she was hoping we'd be moving down south too-- but, again, this is exactly why we won't be. I have a good job here, and if Tikitronic can land something even halfway decent, I like Portland enough to wait out the economy, and hopefully when the job market improves the school system will revive.

Just looking at the difference in what you can get for $350,000 in SF (tiny box next to a meth lab, if you're lucky) and Portland (1800-2000 sq ft, 3-4 bedroom, 2 bath, with a big yard, in a nice neighborhood, close-in, walking distance to a park and a nice organic grocery store) is enough to convince me. Portland's a little rainy in the winter, but hell, I can drive to CA from here!