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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is the average tenure of a job is 3-5 years. You need to be in a good job market to keep employed.[/quote]

100% THIS. I'm from Southern NJ - not the part that is commutable to NYC. My parents are constantly trying to entice us to move back up here. Housing is cheaper than here (again bc you can't commute to NYC from there), schools are MUCH better. But the job market sucks compared to DC or NYC for what DH and I do. Like most other dying economies, it's only a great place to live if you are in healthcare or a teacher. Sure there are other jobs. Maybe you get lucky and get that in house lawyer gig or engineering job that allows you to move there, buy a house etc. And then there's a recession, you get laid off, and are scrambling for another job or looking at some kind of life situation where your family stays there while you commute to NYC or DC (albeit you don't commute as much nowadays with hybrid work) -- because houses in those markets tend not to sell easily in regular times or slow times (2021 was an aberration). Honestly this is what kept DH and I stuck in NYC for 10 yrs, we HATED it, so we moved down here, which is much better than NYC life but still isn't our top choice. But in the working/wealth accumulation years of our lives, it makes sense. [/quote]

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