Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Where to move to next?

That's really the biggest question in life right now. Well at least after how much will be owed in taxes this year. That's immediate question number one. Looming larger though, is where to move next?

Arkansas is OK and all, but about one year in I can tell it's not the place to be forever. Or even 5 years. Probably 3 on the outside.

In my scheming world it would go something like the following. Part of this I guess is with the caveat that I don't succeed at my goal of turning shooting into some sort of real paying gig. Or at least more paying for itself and I make money off it in a secondary way. Should that really happen then I don't know what to think or where to move........ Somewhere in Texas?

Putting that aside in my mind it goes something like this:

Jan-Jun 2016. Live in Little Rock and do as planned.
Jul-Dec 2016. Live in Little Rock and do as planned. Do more research on prospective US cities and areas for future move.
Jan-Jun 2017. Live in Little Rock. Look at making house a rental property. Begin arrangements for 3-6 month sabbatical outside the US for Super D.
Jul-Dec 2017. Do extended stay/sabbatical somewhere. Spain is first possibility. Enroll language class in Madrid or Salamanca.
Jan-Jun 2018. Somewhere in the US. Probably AR still, depends. Location and job search Super D.
Jul-Dec 2018. Implement change from AR to new location. Though moving to a place in winter is unpleasant.....

So, what makes a good, new place to live in the future?

-it's not someplace I've already been or know I won't like.
-Super D gets a big pay day.
-an international airport within less than 1 hour's drive.
-a population greater than 400,000 people in the area.
-multiple seasons, with winter not being the predominate one.
-a place I feel comfortable with my values and religion.
-drive time of less than 4 hours to a family member.
-the other stuff. food, culture, motorcycling, education etc.

It's hard to draw up a list of place that I think in 2019 will fit this bill. I guess if the 4 hours to family is a strong criteria then I need to look at that first. So I need to draw a circle with a 250 mile radius centered on one of these place:

-Georgetown, Round Rock, Austin Texas for Super D family.
-the corridor between Denver CO and Cheyenne WY for two of my siblings.
-northern Utah, southern Idaho for more of my immediate family.

I'm not sure places near southern Oregon, New York City or New Jersey fit the majority of what I'm looking for though I have family in those locations. This is all very interesting to think about, especially with the current opinion that I have of Arkansas not being "it" for anything but the short term, 3 years, future.

But could this really all go out the window if I get some sort of shooting job offer? What if I get sick? What if I really decide to go back to school and start a different career? Then can I meld those goals and events with a move? What does Super D want?

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