So here's my situation.
I'm miserable. I live in a city that I have no connections in with no friends and nothing to do because it's in the middle of bumfck nowhere. I'm only here because I graduated college last year and had to move back in with my parents. Since around last fall, I've been saving up by working minimum wage jobs, and have now around 6.5K in savings. I'm looking to make that 8K come july.
I want to move desperately. I'm 23 and want to experience life in a place where there are things to do and people my age to hang out with and find an SO to build a life with. But I just feel like that's impossible to do because I am unable to get work experience in any field besides minimum wage because of where I live, and because now we have this Covid Crisis going on. I'm planning to wait out until July, but once I have that 8k I plan to book it somewhere else.
My plan is to get a cheap air n b place for 1 month, and look for a roomshare situation on craigslist as well as some jobs while staying there. I'm looking to move to a city that has a large workforce market so that I can apply for things that aren't retail. The only debt I have is a car payment that is around 300$ a month, which my parents have offered to cover for me until I land on my feet.
But I'm scared to make the jump. Both because I don't know when the country will open back up, and because I've been told moving without a job lined up is generally an awful idea.
The other problem, however, is that my parents have told me there is a possibility they will be moving overseas this fall anyway, which means I might be forced into this situation anyway.
The two main cities I'm looking at at the moment are cities in the Valley of California, Wake County in North Carolina, and the suburbs of Chicago. I have family I can stay with in NC and Chicago Suburbs, but Sacramento is my top choice.
May 13, 2020 at 08:36PM
