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22m, moving from a calm & tranquil town w/ weather I like to the city (Denver specifically) moving is the only logical choice for my career and future. staying where I am leaves me lonely and possibly without work in the near future, let alone any future at all.

I’m just not excited. I make the same wherever I go (remote) so I am paying much more ($600+) each month for a worse apartment and am in a climate I don’t enjoy as much (it’s pretty decent by most standards), but it’s the closest I could get to where I currently am.

im excited to finally have the ability to make friends (no events/ hardly anyone my age here) and I know growing my career is necessary, but I’m just filled with dread more than anything. the money, the new environment, the unrealized gains, I don’t know. it may all just be in my head and I’ll like it once I get settled in, though

has anyone else ever felt this way? did you end up getting over it? did you end up moving back? thanks.

Dumb question, I know I could ramble about this so I'm just going to make this a concise list:

remote worker 22m, 85k, from a small town

DISCLAIMER: I'm not changing jobs, I have a job, just want to be in a better local market for the future

want to boost my career/have more stability/ have option to switch paths with the turbulent market

Looking at Denver

Does the amount of opportunity from non SF/NYC environments really change between hubs ?(i.e Denver vs Austin vs Minneapolis) Should you just prioritize savings/ COL instead?

Want to make friends/ have more fun with life, but enjoy peace and quiet

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Is it stupid to force a move to a HCOL city to just be around more opportunity when the market is so turbulent? Will I be killing my opportunity later by not going to a tech hub right now (Assuming I network)? Is the cost worth it?

No clear answer of course, everyone has different opinions on this I'd imagine

Appreciate any help, cheers.