Yeah, I'm kinda ruling out New Jersey, because I think I'd just be bitter to be living NEAR New York, and having to pay New York prices, but not having the cool bits *right there*.
I dunno. I work with some people who live in Jersey. It's pretty accessible via PATH but YMMV. It's also not NY prices, and the taxes are enviously low. (I'd get a 12% raise just by moving!)
OTOH, a friend (in no way related to work) works at Merck and is trying to get out. Says it's not happy there.
What about the research triangle?
Yeah, I have a good friend who lives in Hoboken. Twenty minutes on the train to Manhattan, and much cheaper. She seems to like it, but I don't know more than that.
I used to live in Hoboken, right by the City, and then reverse-commute to interior NJ. It's doable.
Heh. You'd think y'all wanted me to move to New York! :) I'll keep that in mind. I know here in DC, it's a lot harder to reverse-commute by public transport--sure, if you're on the lines, there are trains, but they run less often, or the connecting busses do, or whatever.
Ain't nothing cheaper than Philly. At least, not in a northeastern city. And it's decent enough, AND close to both DC and NYC!
Lake Oswego (wait, I KNOW that's cool, Cass lives there!)
It is! And I never even got to show you most of it. (And the commute into Portland's downtown is easy.)
Heh. You'd think y'all wanted me to move to New York! :)
Do not want.
Want you to move to Portland, obviously
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OMG, Best Week Ever just reminded me about "Trapped In The Closet" by R. Kelly, and that month when I had to sing the narration of everything I was doing. "And I'm making some copies! Making the copies!!"
many many many of the pharma co's around here are in South San Francisco. harder commute from the east bay but then there are a bunch of them in the East bay here. Depending on what you do , it isn't horrid finding a job around here - but commutes can be brutal if you change jobs
