Not realistically in this economy. I have a friend here in S.E. Michigan who lost his job with the GM Tech Center. He found another one in either Atlanta or North Carolina. Fortunately he kept the home and left the wife there while he rented an apartment because 6 months later the work dried up and he was laid off.
Had he permanently moved he would have taken a loss on selling the house and he and the wife would have been stuck in another state away from the entire family while once again being unemployed.......
Your opinion nothing more. People are moving all the time. The only ones who really have a hard time moving are those who exercised extraordinaily poor judgement and bought way too much house (financing lifestyle with debt) about 2 -3 years ago at the height of the bubble and are now upside down on the house.
once again being unemployed
Well it would appear that just MAYBE your friend should look into another line of work.