[STARWISE]

WOW -- I'm really impressed now. Would you kindly share some of your instinctive "mercies" with someone seriously hunting a new job, and sweating the the rent? -- (not really begging here .. but almost ;).

[Graymatter]

Ever hear the quote, "I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better?"
I am living proof that sometimes poor is better. I would not be rich again if you paid me in gold. ;)
About that rent though...where do you live, what state? There are some nice towns in America where you hardly need a job to live well. You can buy a decent house with the same cash you'd spend on a few months of rent in most cities.
I'm living in a good-sized house with a yard and a garage, which cost less than the desk in front of me, or the bed I'll be sleeping in tonight (stuff I picked up while rich).
So if you are telling yourself, "I need this income to live in this area..." maybe it's time to re-examine the location.