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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Gaffers on 18 February 2012, 12:56:09
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I have been looking at options for next year if I end up unemployed (which looks like a good chance of it happening now)
The deal I made with the wife when we moved here from France was that once I was done with this job we would move to the US. I have no problems with that so long as my salary gives me a decent quality of life. I have been looking at IT Security jobs which I fit the bill for (or will do after all the training I have on offer) and HELLO! $60-140k!
I have been pricing up rentals, cars, taxes, cost of living etc and I am pretty sure it works out to very favourable indeed!
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Go for it. :y
On that sort of dosh you could afford a real car!
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Go for it. :y
On that sort of dosh you could afford a real car!
I know! The missus said that we should get an economical car like a prius. I said, that's your car sorted then. I'll go for another Jag XF (R?) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Go for it. :y
On that sort of dosh you could afford a real car!
I know! The missus said that we should get an economical car like a prius. I said, that's your car sorted then. I'll go for another Jag XF (R?) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Don't you mean "Pious"? ;D ;D
I've never been in to Jags myself, but my brother has the 3 litre XF twin turbo and I have to say it's an awesome bit of kit.......mind you it wants to be for the price tag (£50K).
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Guffer,
Moving to the USA is something I've always wanted to do myself, but for me at the moment it's only always going to be a dream.
Not sure if the link below is a starting point for informatin that you're after or if it's helpful at all.
But hey, maybe worth a look?.
And good luck if you go ahead and move there (I say that with jealous gritted teath ;D) :y
www.expatforum.com/articles/moving/moving-to-the-usa.html
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Go for it :y :y :y
Or you could go with Plan B and go straight to Island living ;)
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Go for it :y :y :y
Or you could go with Plan B and go straight to Island living ;)
That is the retirement plan, I did consider moving straight there to work on boats but the wife has basically poo-pooed this idea :(
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Go for it, an IT security job on the coast, boats for fun or a sideline :y :y :y
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word of warning, there are significant costs over and above our normal UK expenditure to be taken in to account......
some years ago, I worked for a US guitar manufacturer, and a relocation to the US permanently was one of the proffered options.....
i looked quite closely at it, (bearing in mind we had 5 kids) , and decided not to take the $100k job, as i calculated that the insurance costs for medical, life, home, legal , etc, were substantial, and the taxes were not great, and then the whole question of adjusting everything for State sales taxes , and the cost of housing , under very specific regulations , all in all made the entire idea unworkable.... $200k would have been comfortable
it might have been doable if i didn't have 5 kids
but still far from the bonanza the numbers at first imply.
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All the British people I know that have moved over to the USA and it's in double figures, who were either electronic engineers, software developers or top computer based graphic artists, have never looked back. None of them have returned to the UK and they have all got US citizenship. For people with technical skills, it always seems to be a one way trip. ::)
Good luck and if you can get a good job, go for it. :y
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No kids, I can go on the wife's medical insurance at little extra cost (works for a US airline but is based here in the UK) and I can get a green card automatically through marriage.
Plus the wife will be working while I job hunt so we will have her income and my savings :y
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I have been looking at options for next year if I end up unemployed (which looks like a good chance of it happening now)
The deal I made with the wife when we moved here from France was that once I was done with this job we would move to the US. I have no problems with that so long as my salary gives me a decent quality of life. I have been looking at IT Security jobs which I fit the bill for (or will do after all the training I have on offer) and HELLO! $60-140k!
I have been pricing up rentals, cars, taxes, cost of living etc and I am pretty sure it works out to very favourable indeed!
I thought you were a Doctor...... :-\ :-\ ::) :-[
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I have been looking at options for next year if I end up unemployed (which looks like a good chance of it happening now)
The deal I made with the wife when we moved here from France was that once I was done with this job we would move to the US. I have no problems with that so long as my salary gives me a decent quality of life. I have been looking at IT Security jobs which I fit the bill for (or will do after all the training I have on offer) and HELLO! $60-140k!
I have been pricing up rentals, cars, taxes, cost of living etc and I am pretty sure it works out to very favourable indeed!
I thought you were a Doctor...... :-\ :-\ ::) :-[
Nope, not medically qualified at all....but in the Medics :y
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I have been looking at options for next year if I end up unemployed (which looks like a good chance of it happening now)
The deal I made with the wife when we moved here from France was that once I was done with this job we would move to the US. I have no problems with that so long as my salary gives me a decent quality of life. I have been looking at IT Security jobs which I fit the bill for (or will do after all the training I have on offer) and HELLO! $60-140k!
I have been pricing up rentals, cars, taxes, cost of living etc and I am pretty sure it works out to very favourable indeed!
I thought you were a Doctor...... :-\ :-\ ::) :-[
Nope, not medically qualified at all....but in the Medics :y
OK............. :y :y
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At the $60k end of that spectrum, IMHO, you'd have to be living somewhere very cheap to have a good standard of life - parts of Texas, Arizona, Detroit (the latter may have a bit of a crime problem). The upper end would give you a decent quality of life everywhere but in the centre of the major cities (like New York, Manhattan etc where you need to be one of the super rich to afford anything but a shoe box).
I've spent quite a bit of time looking at the price of everything out there recently as the opportunity came up recently to relocate to Seattle - I'd have been looking for somewhere between $120 and $130k to maintain the standards I have here (PM me if you want to know what I earn here - I have no qualms sharing it with you, just not with everyone ;D).. turns out Seattle, at least, is not as cheap as I'd like (actually it's quite expensive, sadly!).
Ultimately the mortgage on this place put the kybosh on it, though :(
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You wouldn't see my ass for dust, especially if it was Hawaii 8) 8) 8)
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(PM me if you want to know what I earn here - I have no qualms sharing it with you, just not with everyone ;D).. .....
Aww! Go on! ::) ::) ::) ;) :y
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(PM me if you want to know what I earn here - I have no qualms sharing it with you, just not with everyone ;D).. .....
Aww! Go on! ::) ::) ::) ;) :y
;D ;D Heck no :P It would feel like 'showing off' - though I'm sure there are plenty of people here who earn more (so it'd be futile if that's what I was trying to do) :)
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;D ;D Heck no :P It would feel like 'showing off' - though I'm sure there are plenty of people here who earn more (so it'd be futile if that's what I was trying to do) :)
There'll always be someone earning more or less than you/me ........... it's called averages :y
Someone here always let us all know what he was earning each week!!! ::) ::)
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;D ;D Heck no :P It would feel like 'showing off' - though I'm sure there are plenty of people here who earn more (so it'd be futile if that's what I was trying to do) :)
There'll always be someone earning more or less than you/me ........... it's called averages :y
Someone here always let us all know what he was earning each week!!! ::) ::)
Indeed - just as someone always has a bigger house/nicer car and no matter how fast you make your car, someone always has a faster one :) Which does make "keeping up with the Joneses" rather futile - not that it stops me all the time ;D
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I wouldn't want anyone knowing how much I earn each week :-[
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I wouldn't want anyone knowing how much I earn each week :-[
Because we'd all come knocking for handouts? ;) ;D
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I wouldn't want anyone knowing how much I earn each week :-[
Because we'd all come knocking for handouts? ;) ;D
;D ;D unfortunately not mate
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I wouldn't want anyone knowing how much I earn each week :-[
I don't know how much I earn a week, I only look at the Net figure each month, not that it changes much-changes depend on how much I have used my car and if I have put in my mileage claim the previous month.... :D :D :D This is then followed by checking the monthly bank statement to look at income and outgoings, which sometimes, do not balance.... :'( :'( :'(
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I don't know how much I earn a week, I only look at the Net figure each month, not that it changes much-.........
Mine's pretty much the same each week too. Depends if I've done any over time ............ OT is very rare these days HJ Heinz is broke & can't afford it! ::) ::)
Fortunately these days my out goings are less than my outgoings .............. :y
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Nope, not medically qualified at all....but in the Medics :y
A job you took purely to squeeze new recruits manbits.... :P
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I wouldn't want anyone knowing how much I earn each week :-[
Aye, 'cos you've gotta be the wealthiest bloke in the valleys that I know of! 8)
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Nope, not medically qualified at all....but in the Medics :y
A job you took purely to squeeze new recruits manbits.... :P
And you're jealous :P
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Nope, not medically qualified at all....but in the Medics :y
A job you took purely to squeeze new recruits manbits.... :P
And you're jealous :P
i thought that was some sort of secret hand shake at newent :-[ :-[ :o blimey TB you could of let me know sooner about gropper ;D ;D
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A friend moved to Houston 18 months ago with his Mrs & 2 little ones. They went from a 3 bed semi in Surrey to a 5 bed detached with a swimming pool and he's swapped his 50 min train ride into the city for a pleasant 20 minute drive in his Jag!! :) He earns a big wage but works like a donkey, but overall they've all settled in and I can't see them coming back! :)
Another friends parents moved to somewhere in the mid west (not sure where), when my mate was 16. He and his brother refused to go, but they went anyway with another brother and sister. 17 years on, they were struggling financially and with failing health decided to return to Auntie Blighty. They now live in a council house on benefits! :( His brother and sister stayed. The brother is in the police and the sister is 20 stone!! :o My mate has no regrets about staying here.
I was chatting to an American chap a while back who had had a motorbike accident and smashed his knee. His insurance covered the operation and all was OK except that afterwards none of the insurance company's would cover his knee. About 5 years on the knee started to give him trouble and it turned out that he needed another operation. He had to remortgage his house to pay for it. :(
I've never been to the US but I bet it's a fantastic place in parts and provided you can make decent money it'd be great :y Otherwise you're screwed!!! ::)