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Not being snotty at all, though you seem to be.

Texas, North Dakota and (ugh) DC are the only places generating a surplus of openings in all fields. Yes, there are other jobs in other states but it’ll be a crapshoot for finding anything (as you implied by your earlier comment about having searched for a while).

Texas will be installing more natural gas power plants over the next five years than the next twenty states combined. This would seem to mean that this is where you would want to look for a job in that field, as opposed to places that are not expanding at all.

Sometimes you have to do something you don’t want for a principle that’s more important. It’s why I pulled the eject handle on CA back in 95.

Not being snotty at all, though you seem to be.

I apologize then. It's hard to tell intent over the internet. But moving to DC and working in the liberal mecca? No way! But thanks for the suggestion.

Texas, North Dakota and (ugh) DC are the only places generating a surplus of openings in all fields. Yes, there are other jobs in other states but it’ll be a crapshoot for finding anything (as you implied by your earlier comment about having searched for a while)

There ARE a lot of power plant jobs in TX when I search. I've just been ignoring them. But there are still a lot everywhere else too - we're just particular about place, salary, and job position. No point taking a lesser job. At the management level, there are less opportunities than as an operator. Other states, while not building plants, are still replacing retiring workers. But true - there are more opportunities in a healthy economy.

Texas will be installing more natural gas power plants over the next five years than the next twenty states combined. This would seem to mean that this is where you would want to look for a job in that field, as opposed to places that are not expanding at all.

Unless Obama manages to bankrupt the coal industry ;) After the Japan tsunami, those coal plants won't be replaced with nuclear ones.

Sometimes you have to do something you don’t want for a principle that’s more important. It’s why I pulled the eject handle on CA back in 95.

True. And I admire people that do that. And we'll do it eventually. But it's hard to give up a great job for a lesser one when he only needs 4-5 more years of the good paying job. Of course, if the country implodes by then, we'll have wished we moved ;) He does have 2 applications out there and we'll see what comes of those.

Actually, just 2 weeks ago he expanded his 'acceptable' range and Arkansas and the area of Texas near it (would that be NE of Houston?) were added. While very hot and humid when I took a cross-country trip last year, it was just gorgeous. If we have to to suffer weather-wise, I want green - having been a desert rat for too long. My desires are to die 1) hearing English spoken 2) in a pretty place and 3) among conservatives.