What would it take to get you to move?

[sophie]

Once I get into my ideal profession, moving is probably going to be more a matter of prestige than money.

 

[madviking]

If it's a job that's in Not Virginia, then first option. If not, 20% raise.

For me, any job offer would convince me to move.

Congrats! The Fabric Company of Uganda is hiring!

 

[Ayatollah So]

Pretty serious roots, so I would need more than +30% (and wife must get similar).

 

[MagisterCultuum]

No percentage increase in income would be enough to make me move, because any percentage of 0 is still zero.


So long as I am paid enough to live better on my own than I do staying with my parents for free then I would move for a job. I don't have such deep roots here. I haven't really kept up with many people I know since I graduated, and my closest friend moved to Mississippi a few months ago.

 

[Camikaze]

I pay about $7000 a year for the privilege of doing a degree that will send me about 10000km away from home in 12 months. I'm not sure the question quite works in my case.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Moving 4 hours away would put me either in Lethbridge or some wide spot in the road, depending on which direction I went. I have no desire to go to Lethbridge.

The only other places I'd consider moving to that are more than 4 hours away are in B.C. and I would need a lot more incentive than the poll offers.

 

[Mad Man]

I'll move when I get evicted because I wont have any real say in the matter then.

 

[mangxema]

I'd take less to live and work in a small town. I'm growing really tired of the city.

I'm sort of the opposite; I grew up in the suburbs and now I kind of miss the city. (not the traffic though... yikes.) In my case the problem would be that I'd almost certainly have less purchasing power moving to a city.

 

[Kennigit]

Undergraduate student so at the moment I would be 100% mobile.

Realistically for the future, I'm getting a degree in a career field (engineering) where starting salaries/pay is pretty generous for entry level and I won't have a burden from big student debt. As a single male not having to support anyone, money shouldn't be an real issue for me so long as I'm employed. I'd be happy to relocate really anywhere for the same amount of money or less in plausible scenarios where I am employed with a decent job.

The determining factor would be the type of job/professional interests, not so much dependent on the pay. Assuming things go well.

 

[amadeus]

Would move for the same amount. I'm actually considering it at the end of my present contract.

 

[Mise]

Well I turned down a move to Botswana that was worth about +75% my salary every year for 3-5 years. The package was great, but I wouldn't move to Botswana for that long at this stage in my life.

I'm having a hard time imagining a scenario in which leaving London would be better for my career. The great thing about London is that everything is here. So if I want a better job or more money, it's really easy to do that without a huge upheaval.

I also have a hard time imagining living anywhere else, because everywhere else is crap. I lived in Crawley and worked in Brighton for a year, and Brighton is a really nice, exciting place, with a vibrant alternative rock scene, the seaside, plenty of shops and more cool bars and pubs and places to hang out than anywhere I've been outside of London. But it's not London...

One thing that's actually encouraging me to move out is that I bought a flat here. It sounds weird that owning property in a place would actually encourage you to move out, but I would get WAAAAY more from renting it out than I currently pay on the mortgage. Like, double. Even if the interest rates went up to 10%, I'd still be making money. So just right there, I've already got a monetary incentive to move. But it's still not enough...

Realistically, it would take a 25% raise to get me to even consider it. For Brighton, I'd start looking for flats for an extra 33.3%. For anywhere else, it'd have to be 40-50%.


EDIT: Bearing in mind that "4 hours away" for me is basically any major city in the country. Brighton is an hour away by train, Leeds is 2 hours if you're lucky with fast trains / rich. 4 hrs away by train is Edinburgh.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Not a great deal. I have no family ties in Sydney and my Dad lives 5000kms away in Perth. If everything goes to plan I'll be happily living in Indonesia with my brother in 3 years time.

 

[azzaman333]

Depends where I'd be moving to. I'd probably be ok with a 20-25% increase to move to Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, but I'd probably want at least 35% more to work in Canberra or Adelaide.

 

[Masada]

One thing that's actually encouraging me to move out is that I bought a flat here. It sounds weird that owning property in a place would actually encourage you to move out, but I would get WAAAAY more from renting it out than I currently pay on the mortgage. Like, double. Even if the interest rates went up to 10%, I'd still be making money. So just right there, I've already got a monetary incentive to move. But it's still not enough...

This is also a major consideration for me. I <3 constrained rental markets.

 

[DroopyTofu]

For me it's more of a question of how much would it take to get me to stay. I'm ready to be away from the town I grew up in and I'm ready to see something new, so it would take more to convince me to stay where I am.

 

[Hygro]

Money?

Sure, I'd move for money. Mostly I'd move for adventure. Opportunities. Growth. Love. Learning. Service.

I'm not settled. I have all my non-storable property with me here in Boston, and could move on a dime to anywhere in the world.

The cost of travel and the desire to finish my education are the main things keeping me in California--for now. I couldn't see myself raising my kids anywhere other than the Bay Area. Gotta have your kids grow up in a morally wholesome place with honest exposure to the world around us!

 

[Zelig]

EDIT: Bearing in mind that "4 hours away" for me is basically any major city in the country. Brighton is an hour away by train, Leeds is 2 hours if you're lucky with fast trains / rich. 4 hrs away by train is Edinburgh.

Depends where I'd be moving to. I'd probably be ok with a 20-25% increase to move to Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, but I'd probably want at least 35% more to work in Canberra or Adelaide.

I couldn't see myself raising my kids anywhere other than the Bay Area. Gotta have your kids grow up in a morally wholesome place with honest exposure to the world around us!

At minimum, two of you could move to a better country.

 

[Hygro]

At minimum, two of you could move to a better country.

I'm happy to move to Canada. Happy to move to Australia. Happy to move to the UK. Happy to move to a lot of places. But I'm raising my kids here

But hey, that's half the reason to explore. Maybe there's a more "right" place than San Francisco.

 

[Farm Boy]

The dirt doesn't move. Neither am I. Close family, friends, and community involvement are the valuable features of my home. Safe neighborhood, good school. Pretty scenery can be nice. Money can be nice, but it's only money. Nah, just not worth it.

 

[Integral]

I couldn't see myself raising my kids anywhere other than the Bay Area. Gotta have your kids grow up in a morally wholesome place with honest exposure to the world around us!

Baylife!