[OT] From Texas to New Hampshire

[Travis Roy]

On Dec 18, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Jon maddog Hall wrote:

>
> richard.soule at oracle.com said:
>>  To me Austin is MUCH better than NH from a  quality of life  
>> standpoint
>
> I think for a bachelor or a young married (but childless) couple  
> who likes to party,
> this might be true.  I think it starts to even out when you start  
> to have children.
>

IF you start to have children ;-)

>> Eventually he got a job with a small company but they are only   
>> paying him
>> 35K. However with that job he is able to afford a 4 bedroom  house  
>> with a one
>> car garage on a 1/2 acre lot with a fenced in back yard.
>
> Yes, but when he went to buy that car to put in that garage, he was  
> only making
> 35K per year.  Unless cars sell for a lot less in Austin then they  
> sell other places
> his salary affects the type of car he can buy, the amount of money  
> he can invest,
> etc.
>

Not to mention the condition of the house! :)


>> If you don't mind a longer commute  (and remember snow can make a  
>> long
>> commute much longer) than you should  be able to find housing that is
>> comparable to Austin.
>
> It snows three to four times a year to the point that the commute  
> becomes "much
> longer".  And sometimes those snows happen on weekends or  
> holidays.  The other 200
> working days things are fine.
>

Not to mention depending on the type of IT work you do, a few days  
here or there telecommuting is fine with most employers. More so when  
the weather is unsafe.