On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:58:51 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> scott wrote:
>>>> Or a different city. Move to San Francisco.
>>>
>>> Sure. Or I could just top myself now. Probably a lot simpler. :-P
>> 
>> Apply for a job in SF, they give you a telephone interview, then pay
>> for your flight and hotel to do a face-to-face interview.  Then they
>> offer you the job, obviously including relocation expenses.  You take a
>> flight there, stay in a hotel for a couple of weeks until you find a
>> house/apartment, then arrange to have the rest of your stuff shipped
>> over.  Job done.  People do this all the time, it's no big deal.  If it
>> turns out you hate it then move back after 6 months or whatever.
> 
> Heh. Sure. I mean, just turn my back on everyone and everything I have
> ever cared about in this world, travel thousands of miles to somewhere
> where I don't even know what the laws are never mind the local customs,
> and live in total isolation for the rest of my life (or at least until I
> decide I want to stop). I'm sure people do it every day. :-}

Hey, we're planning to move to Scotland in the next few years.  People do 
this quite regularly.

Jim

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