flu: I think your observations are accurate and your advice is well taken. I felt moving to DC was a flight to safety – an offensive move. And while I was being offered a relo package, it didn’t even come close to covering expenses. Under more normal circumstances I would have put our house up for sale and moved on, but since we are underwater that wasn’t really an option.

So even though the move was going to cost me $$$$ and the timing was bad school wise, I felt it was a sound investment in the long run. I have a feeling in the not-to-distant future I’m going to be telling my wife “I told you so…”

In talking to a co-worker ‘in the know’ recently (retired USMC), he claims that DC will take a harder hit than SD. Maybe because SD has already seen reductions….

In fact his comments echo USMCbunny’s comments regarding the DC workforce.

That being said we have already seen reductions since the start of the year.

I’m going to get myself in a better position to move (if that becomes necessary) and shorten my commute at the same time, in fact we looked at rental properties in San Elijo Hills this past week.

There is no way I would buy another house in either Temecula or San Diego as I don’t see being employed in this area for the next 30 years.