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Originally Posted by AWD GS
any reason as to why you need to move back out to the Pittsburgh area? if you move outside of philly, Dupont is still not that far away plus there are a ton of good hospitals in philly as well. seems like a win/win, she gets back in Pa and you can still focus on your daughters medical.
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A lot of it has to do with cost of living and family. I basically took a pay cut, but in reality moving here was suppose to be more opportunity. I got transferred with my job and this area had high expectations because there was never any sales reps worth a damn, but in reality we have a plant that wasn't built out right and unhappy customers due to service issues, which in return has made my sales volume go down.
Her thinking is if she goes back then we pay lower rent and when a position opens up I could always transfer back and make more money than I am making here. In the meantime we save close to a grand a month. Now there are a lot of things she likes here, but in the end living comfortable financially is a big thing and having family around is a big thing. Both areas have pros and cons. I honestly do not want to go back, because I believe I can find a better career here, I really like the school district, and I like AI. Now I am kind of partial because my dad is here, my mom lives in Virginia, and I am not close to my family that lives in PA other than two uncles and my grandfather. I just more less wanted to see if anyone here was ever in a similar situation and how they handled it. I just don't want to jeopardize my marriage over this, because I have a feeling if she goes back and I only see them every other weekend things will go south. Not only that, I am missing a lot of valuable time with my kids. We did it for 6 months when I transferred here and it was rough for sure.