8 Locations to Consider Before you Relocate for a Job

Thinking about moving for a better job opportunity? Have you gotten a new job and now have to move? Here’s a guide to some of the important things that anyone relocating for a job should know!

You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where…..

• You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
• You’ve experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
• You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
• You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
• You know that “dry heat” is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
• The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

You can Live in California where…

• You make over $250,000 and you still can’t afford to buy a house.
• The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
• You know how to eat an artichoke.
• You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
• When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
• The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought

You can Live in New York City where…

• You say “the city” and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
• You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can’t find Wisconsin on a map.
• You think Central Park is “nature,”
• You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
• You’ve worn out a car horn.
• You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You can Live in Maine where…

• You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
• Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
• You have more than one recipe for moose.
• Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
• The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You can Live in the Deep South where…

• You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
• “y’all” is singular and “all y’all” is plural.
• “He needed killin’” is a valid defense.
• Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.
  

You can live in Colorado where…

• You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
• You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
• A pass does not involve a football or dating.
• The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You can live in the Midwest where…

• You’ve never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
• Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
• You have had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” on the same day.
• You end sentences with a preposition: “Where’s my coat at?”
• When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, “It was different!”

Or You can live in Florida where..

• You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
• All purchases include a coupon of some kind — even houses and cars.
• Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
• Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
• Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.

If you have any other location tips, please let us know! Have a great weekend from all of us at SLG!