Round One: Job v Identity. Go!
This article really made me think.
In the article, we learn that some cities are better for individuals to work in than others (cost of living, housing, relation to career, etc.). New York City, where I have lived since the tender age of 17, gets slammed.
Yes, it’s an expensive city to live in, but what I think this article completely leaves out is lifestyle. New York, for instance, offers a way of living that no other city can offer. And I’m sure any defender of any place they love would say the same. It’s important to be in a place that makes you happy, that keeps you fulfilled, if you want to do well at work. A fulfilled worker is a happy worker. Right?
Or wrong? I don’t know.
Today (at least in our society), job often comes before all else. It’s what we ask each other first at parties–”What do you do?” is supposed to tell us all we need to know.
And yet, most of the functioning 20-something set I know are unhappy in their jobs. Most of them don’t consider their current job to be their ultimate career.
In this era of jobhopping and identity searching, should we really choose our home based on our jobs? Shouldn’t we live in places that suit us as people and are near or with people with love and then find the right job?
What do you think? Would you relocate for a job?
Me, I’m sticking it out in NYC. Even if it means living in a shoebox and eating ramen the rest of my life.
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Britt says:
Sat, 14th Jun 200811:35 am
My parents and I will shortly be relocating to San Diego from outside the suburbs of DC and I can honestly say I've never been so excited. We're relocating for my mom's job and if given the choice were only up to me, I'd suggest we'd move tomorrow. There's nothing wrong with where we live now, but there's no scene, no 'lifestyle'.
Casey says:
Sat, 14th Jun 200811:55 am
I live in Jax FL and it is the worst place ever! there is absolutely nothing to do, there are no job opportunities for young people, there's no "lifestyle" and the recent up in gas prices are especially hard on people here because everything is so spaced out there is no way you can walk or ride a bike anywhere (not to mention it's Florida and it's HOT year round), and the city isn't safe enough to use public transportation, we have one of the highest crime rates in the country and because of that cops are everywhere and it is hard to even throw a house party without the cops being called or showing up. And even though the city is huge, it's overpopulated and traffic is ridiculous, the only "good" thing about it is we have a beach, but even our beach is shitty. I would rather live in my podunk hometown of Martinsville VA than live here. At least we had fields for bonfires up there, and seasons. I would relocate in a heartbeat!
Alissa says:
Sat, 14th Jun 20089:45 pm
I recently moved from San Antonio, TX (where I’ve lived almost my whole life) to a very small town in Northern California. I came to find work because the pay rate in Texas is shockingly low, but I’ve discovered that no matter how much my new job pays, it will never be worth it because ultimately, I’m unhappy with my surroundngs. I would rather have an ok job in a city I love than a fabulous job in a place I can’t stand.