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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's my hot tip. You are in the govt. Everyone in the govt wants to live in the DC area, but there are tons of govt positions in places like Tampa or in Texas, or Georgia.

So apply for a job outside the DC area. They tend to be less competitive, so if you keep applying, you'll get one. The govt will pay for your move, pay for the real estate sale fees and then the closing fees for the new house.

If you are SES, they base the raise on your current location, not the destination one. So you get a DC raise and generally speaking go to a lower COL area. If youre GS it isnt as good of a deal bc you get a lower salary.  But do a tax comparison, and you often come out on top bc of lower state taxes and local taxes. [/quote]

But the spouse is in academia on the tenure track.  Depending on field, tenure track jobs are like golden tickets--you are lucky to get one, you rarely have choice about where.  [/quote]

OP here. This is very true. It took us six years to find jobs in the same region (still 50 miles apart, which is why I can't move out any further!). [/quote]

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