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I moved to the PNW about 11 years ago.
I moved up here with my girlfriend, now wife. I saved up 10k and she had 40k in student loans and 10k in credit card debt. We moved to get away from drunken parents and lost California dreams. I just shredded a bunch of old tax forms and the first year in PDX we made 39k together, we lived paycheck to paycheck - don't know how we survived.
I met some great people on these boards, traded components with some very eccentric people - great people - but eccentric nonetheless. When we couldn't afford PDX anymore we moved up to Vancouver, WA. This is when I met the crew at Sporting System, still one of my favorite shops. I started going out to Northwest Firearm events like pick up the Burn and met @Cogs before eventually Vancouver became too expensive as well.
Ended up in Idaho for a quick six months before landing in Spokane the past 5 years. Got settled with the wife, bought a house. Unfortunately, not much organized shooting sports seems to be going on out in the Spokane area and they closed yet another shooting spot. I never truly settled in here in Spokane, always felt like something was a little off - its probably just me.
Well, now I am off to Knoxville. The breadwinner of the house (not me) just accepted a job that's paying for relocation. After my wife accepted the offer, she looked at me and said, "You're half way to house husband."
Its been a great 11 years here, I wish everyone well!
-Signing Off
I moved up here with my girlfriend, now wife. I saved up 10k and she had 40k in student loans and 10k in credit card debt. We moved to get away from drunken parents and lost California dreams. I just shredded a bunch of old tax forms and the first year in PDX we made 39k together, we lived paycheck to paycheck - don't know how we survived.
I met some great people on these boards, traded components with some very eccentric people - great people - but eccentric nonetheless. When we couldn't afford PDX anymore we moved up to Vancouver, WA. This is when I met the crew at Sporting System, still one of my favorite shops. I started going out to Northwest Firearm events like pick up the Burn and met @Cogs before eventually Vancouver became too expensive as well.
Ended up in Idaho for a quick six months before landing in Spokane the past 5 years. Got settled with the wife, bought a house. Unfortunately, not much organized shooting sports seems to be going on out in the Spokane area and they closed yet another shooting spot. I never truly settled in here in Spokane, always felt like something was a little off - its probably just me.
Well, now I am off to Knoxville. The breadwinner of the house (not me) just accepted a job that's paying for relocation. After my wife accepted the offer, she looked at me and said, "You're half way to house husband."
Its been a great 11 years here, I wish everyone well!
-Signing Off
