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[quote=Anonymous]I'm from that area (generally - closer to Phil though). I think you need to think about what you want. What do you do for a living? Unless it's healthcare, you aren't guaranteed a job in that area. So do you want to not work - bc that is a real possibility?

Also, I think it's right to view this as the last offer for a while. If he goes there and doesn't like it, it's not like he can just try to lateral to a big firm or boutique in Philadelphia bc that won't work with a 1 hr+ commute. Nor are there tons of other in house options to be had. So if you guys go there and don't adjust to the area/he doesn't like the job -- you need to consider that you're moving again. (For that reason -- I would NOT buy a house immediately -- things do not sell in that area like they do here, you can easily be stuck with a house on the market for years -- even given this hot economy).

Finally consider that that area is pretty insular. Everyone I went to HS with pretty much still lives there or within 40 min of where we grew up. So do all their extended families. That means their priority is for their kids to play with their cousin's kids on the weekends etc., extended family get togethers etc. It can be hard to move to places like that knowing no one. That being said, you could luck out. You could end up in a neighborhood or school classroom or sports team (if there are kids) that want to include the new family.

Unless the job is with Vanguard (which I don't think it is bc that's not as far west in Pa.), I would think long and hard about the mobility/exit options from that type of job. (I mention Vanguard bc a job there is super marketable in the financial services space in any number of other east coast areas should you leave.)[/quote]

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