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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

OP, I would think about what this poster is saying.  I live in an area like this where everyone grew up here and will die here.  Very tough to career network and people already have their friends.[/quote]

I'm the PP you're quoting -- one more thought. Whenever these threads come up people here are quick to say -- oh DC/Nova is soooooo awful, I'd go in a heartbeat bc you can get a huge mansion plus you're ONLY 1 hr from Philadelphia and 2 hrs from NYC so NBD. Reality is -- these people have never lived in such places. You need to consider whether you can be happy in the Allentown vicinity day to day. Chances are you'll go to Philadelphia and NYC somewhere between 1-6x/yr depending on your interests. Yet you have to spend every weeknight and weekend in the Allentown area. You need to figure out whether you think you can find a community there; whether you can find a job/do some serious networking there (if you want); or if it all seems a bit "settled" and insular. Bc the reality is if you're unhappy 51.5 weeks/yr, it will not matter one bit that you went to Philadelphia 2 months ago to see the orchestra and took in a long weekend in NYC at Christmas. What will matter then is that it feels like you go to work, come home and sit home alone because it feels like everyone in the world has their grandkids or cousin's kids or whoever visiting every weekend so they aren't up for seeing you.

And BTW you're moving to an area that's fairly provincial. Not truly provincial like say Williamsport -- but still the kind of area where if you say -- Mike & I had a great weekend, went to Philly to see the orchestra, some (not all) neighbors will recoil in horror that you went into the city. These are people who never go and don't understand why anyone wants anything to do with the city bc it's just so awful. Except the sports fans, they're ok going to Eagles games because it's highway driving, you exit the highway, park at the stadium, watch game, and come right back; no actual venturing into the city to eat at local restaurants or walk around a market bc it is soooooo dangerous bc you know . . . [black people live in the city . . . . [/quote]

Ignorant post. Know many from the Atown who regularly (1-2x/month) head to philly or nyc. Know a few with southern jersey beach houses. It’s  more cultured than people think. I know![/quote]

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