Originally Posted By DEDE71755 Hey everyone! We have been planning on moving to socal for awhile now. We were going to wait about another year, but lost the job yesterday and think its time for a change. We live in Everett Washington. Any tips on moving two states. Oh yeah 2 household moving. Myself and my 19yr son as one, the other being my grandfather, mother, her boyfriend and my uncle.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl DEDE71755, I moved from Des Moines, WA to SoCal almost 5 years ago. But I was just moving myself. I packed what I could into my little car and just drove down. I'm not much help for giving advise for families. I can say that I had several interviews lined up from Monster.com the week that I moved so I could get a job. Research the area you want to move to. Ask questions. Housing costs vary a lot depending on where you're looking at moving. If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to try to answer them based on my experience. ) ~Beth
Originally Posted By DEDE71755 Thanks Beth, have starting researching and am very lucky to have cousins in the areas that we are looking at to help that research. And will be applying to severy companys this will hopefully lead to some job possibilities. If questions come up I will ask.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP I would have to encourage you to look up in our mountain (Crestline--above San Bernardino) if you are looking to buy a home. We have some of the more reasonably priced real estate that doesn't melt in the summer. However, not much to rent up this way, so look elsewhere for that. 5 years or so ago it used to be a no brainer to buy a house out in the high desert and commute an hour or two into where the work is, but it's not such a no brainer anymore with the price of gas. Metrolink, the commuter train, isn't cheap, but neither is the price of gas. I'd reccomend trying to manuver your commute around the Metrolink instead of the Interstate. In the two large towns nearest me (San Bernardino and Riverside) a three bedroom two bath in a decent (not fabulous) neighborhood is running 300,000-350,000. Our salaries tend to run a tad higher here too, but (in my opinion) not high enough to justify the much higher housing prices. If it were only up to me, we'd probably move to somewhere else, but ElderP loves the mountains, the beach, and DL, not to mention a million other things, all within 100 miles or so. (And I do have to admit, some of the perks ain't bad!!) SoCals a pretty big place, I hope you find your niche.
