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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I are both interviewing for jobs in California right now and I’m unsure if we can make it work.

DH job prospect:
-On site one day per week in LA area
-pay 240-280k

DW job prospect:
-on site two days per week in San Jose
-pay $240-290k

We have 2 young kids. We really don’t want to live in Northern CA. Our preference is to live in Carlsbad/San Diego area but our attempts to find jobs there have been unsuccessful.

My question is-how do we approach this? Is there any way to make this work with a SoCal base? I just cannot get excited about Northern California :(

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Californian here. I’ve lived both in SoCal and NorCal.

To be honest, I don’t see how this plan works with young kids. San Diego airport often has flight delays because of fog. So while you can get back and forth regularly to SJC, you will have to account for delays. Meanwhile hotels in San Jose are expensive. So, you’d be spending a lot of money on flights and hotels. If you get stuck in SJC on a day when your DH has to be in LA, you will both be very far from your kids. What happens if the school calls with a fever? Traffic to and from LA from SD is usually awful.

FWIW, I try to never book a later evening flight out of or into San Diego because they are cancelled or delayed so often. I love the San Diego area too but I don’t see how this works realistically. [/quote]

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