Why I am leaving San Diego

[carli]

This thread reminds me of a conversation I had years ago with one of the top guys at a very prominent executive search firm, who used to have to recruit people from all over the country for very senior positions with Fortune 500 companies. The conversation has always stuck with me.

He was trying to recruit for a key position on my team, and we were deciding if the person would be based on the east or west coast. He told me most people could be convinced to move to either coast for the right career opportunity. But, he told me that if we happened to find the perfect candidate in Minneapolis, he/she would probably be difficult to convince to leave their city. I thought he was joking at first, but he said that throughout his 20+ year career, when he found a perfect candidate for a position, if he/she was from Minneapolis and still living there, it didn’t matter how much compensation or career advancement or whatever other enticements were involved, people from Minneapolis were the most difficult ones to lure to another location. Probably wouldn’t apply to the whole state of Minnesota, but it was pretty interesting, especially because he was so emphatic and mentioned that it happened several times.

Both of us marveled at the idea, neither ever having lived in Minneapolis, but since that day, I’ve always been thinking I’d like to check it out a little more, tough winters and all.

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[quote=carli]
Both of us marveled at the idea, neither ever having lived in Minneapolis, but since that day, I’ve always been thinking I’d like to check it out a little more, tough winters and all.[/quote]

There are a lot of great places in the center of the country. That said, I think a big factor is that someone who is well established may be very hesitant to relocate to a location that is perceived as having a much higher cost of living. If you’re a 50 year old executive with kids in college, do you really want to start over in some place that’s twice as expensive to live in and probably has insanely expensive real estate relative to where you live?

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[quote=carli]
Both of us marveled at the idea, neither ever having lived in Minneapolis, but since that day, I’ve always been thinking I’d like to check it out a little more, tough winters and all.[/quote]

There are a lot of great places in the center of the country. That said, I think a big factor is that someone who is well established may be very hesitant to relocate to a location that is perceived as having a much higher cost of living. If you’re a 50 year old executive with kids in college, do you really want to start over in some place that’s twice as expensive to live in and probably has insanely expensive real estate relative to where you live?

[blahblahblah]

[quote=carli]
Both of us marveled at the idea, neither ever having lived in Minneapolis, but since that day, I’ve always been thinking I’d like to check it out a little more, tough winters and all.[/quote]

There are a lot of great places in the center of the country. That said, I think a big factor is that someone who is well established may be very hesitant to relocate to a location that is perceived as having a much higher cost of living. If you’re a 50 year old executive with kids in college, do you really want to start over in some place that’s twice as expensive to live in and probably has insanely expensive real estate relative to where you live?

[blahblahblah]

[quote=carli]
Both of us marveled at the idea, neither ever having lived in Minneapolis, but since that day, I’ve always been thinking I’d like to check it out a little more, tough winters and all.[/quote]

There are a lot of great places in the center of the country. That said, I think a big factor is that someone who is well established may be very hesitant to relocate to a location that is perceived as having a much higher cost of living. If you’re a 50 year old executive with kids in college, do you really want to start over in some place that’s twice as expensive to live in and probably has insanely expensive real estate relative to where you live?

[blahblahblah]

[quote=carli]
Both of us marveled at the idea, neither ever having lived in Minneapolis, but since that day, I’ve always been thinking I’d like to check it out a little more, tough winters and all.[/quote]

There are a lot of great places in the center of the country. That said, I think a big factor is that someone who is well established may be very hesitant to relocate to a location that is perceived as having a much higher cost of living. If you’re a 50 year old executive with kids in college, do you really want to start over in some place that’s twice as expensive to live in and probably has insanely expensive real estate relative to where you live?

[sdrealtor]

desmond
It wasnt meant to be a cheapshot and sorry if it was perceived as such. SD is an expensive place to live. Many of the best aspects of living here are very visible everyday but those things are not easily attained. It can be frustrating for people earning a good living that would afford a very nice lifestyle most places but a very pedestrain one here. I know plenty of people who left because what they wanted was out of reach for them here.

[sdrealtor]

desmond
It wasnt meant to be a cheapshot and sorry if it was perceived as such. SD is an expensive place to live. Many of the best aspects of living here are very visible everyday but those things are not easily attained. It can be frustrating for people earning a good living that would afford a very nice lifestyle most places but a very pedestrain one here. I know plenty of people who left because what they wanted was out of reach for them here.

[sdrealtor]

desmond
It wasnt meant to be a cheapshot and sorry if it was perceived as such. SD is an expensive place to live. Many of the best aspects of living here are very visible everyday but those things are not easily attained. It can be frustrating for people earning a good living that would afford a very nice lifestyle most places but a very pedestrain one here. I know plenty of people who left because what they wanted was out of reach for them here.

[sdrealtor]

desmond
It wasnt meant to be a cheapshot and sorry if it was perceived as such. SD is an expensive place to live. Many of the best aspects of living here are very visible everyday but those things are not easily attained. It can be frustrating for people earning a good living that would afford a very nice lifestyle most places but a very pedestrain one here. I know plenty of people who left because what they wanted was out of reach for them here.

[sdrealtor]

desmond
It wasnt meant to be a cheapshot and sorry if it was perceived as such. SD is an expensive place to live. Many of the best aspects of living here are very visible everyday but those things are not easily attained. It can be frustrating for people earning a good living that would afford a very nice lifestyle most places but a very pedestrain one here. I know plenty of people who left because what they wanted was out of reach for them here.

[sdrealtor]

Money is not every nor does it buy happiness and I never said that. But when you have money and earn what is a well above average living in most of this country but that only affords you a very average lifestyle here it can make you miserable. I’ve seen it many times.

[sdrealtor]

Money is not every nor does it buy happiness and I never said that. But when you have money and earn what is a well above average living in most of this country but that only affords you a very average lifestyle here it can make you miserable. I’ve seen it many times.

[sdrealtor]

Money is not every nor does it buy happiness and I never said that. But when you have money and earn what is a well above average living in most of this country but that only affords you a very average lifestyle here it can make you miserable. I’ve seen it many times.

[sdrealtor]

Money is not every nor does it buy happiness and I never said that. But when you have money and earn what is a well above average living in most of this country but that only affords you a very average lifestyle here it can make you miserable. I’ve seen it many times.

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