Hi Bob/VA. You bring about many good points, so how about this one...when
you mentioned about, "If an individual doesn't possess unique, or high
demand skills odds are they'll be looking for a good while," what if you
are a male looking to get into elementary school? I have many years of
experience, too. Thanks.

On 10/25/09, Bob/VA wrote:
> I too am originally from the "Midwest"; specifically Mpls/St Paul.
> DC is NOT Virginia.
> Traffic throughout the Eastern parts of the Commonwealth sucks due to
> years of neglect to transportation issues by a sorry sequence of
> politicians in Richmond.
> ?City life? ?DC? ?Ruralsville?
> If you can't find something to do beyond the end of the metroline then
> you aren't looking or you are overly dependent on others to
> provide "entertainment".
> Some areas of VA ARE recession resistant but in todays climate
> unemployment statewide is higher than in previous years. If an
> individual doesn't possess unique, or high demand skills odds are
> they'll be looking for a good while.
>
>
> On 10/24/09, I moved from the midwest wrote:
>> After living most of my life in the midwest, there was a lot of
>> adjustment. The landscape is beautiful and the winters are pretty
>> mild by comparison. The closer you are to DC the worse the traffic
>> is and it is bad. If you like city life then you don't want to
>> venture too far from DC because you are in ruralsville and there
>> isn't much to do. The cost of living in the metro area is high,
>> much like most major cities.
>>
>> The area is more recession resistant than other areas so there are
>> jobs available in teaching, government and private industry

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