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    Moving in order to dive more, a crazy idea?

    I’m currently in between “real jobs” and working from home for a little bit. (Well, actually I don’t do any work at home – I spend a lot of money at a local coffee shop.) The lease on my house here in New Orleans runs out at the end of June, so I have to move. I was originally thinking of trying to find a short-term (six month) lease here locally. Then my father pointed out that I don’t have anything tying me here at all and suggested that I go do something new and exciting.

    At first I thought about buying a sailboat and moving onto it, but it would be a bit of a financial stretch and just isn’t going to happen. So now I’m thinking maybe it might be nice to move to central Florida for a bit so that I can at least go cave diving once or twice a week.

    I’m curious to know what people think. A good idea? A bad idea? A really really stupid idea? Any thoughts?

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    I think it would be really nice if *I* didn't have anything tying me to St. Louis...

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    I envy you having the freedom and at least some of the money to be even considering such a move!
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    Caves, NSS caves, Int'l caves, Toronto caves and wet caves
    One of these days, I'll be certified for the wet caves as well as the dry ones...

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    Move south. Oh god yes.
    From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
    And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
    Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
    I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
    When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose. -Randal Jarrel

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    Get a copy of the classifieds in the area you are thinking of moving to, check out housing prices, jobs, etc. Get a list, do a road trip and find a place that feels right and go for it. Some papers are online so it makes the search that much easier.

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    What are you waiting for?

    Oh, and I hate you.
    Okay, I give up. It's nuculer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SueMermaid
    What are you waiting for?

    Oh, and I hate you.
    Yeah, what she said!

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    Go for it I am taking a year off here in Cali and loving it, mostly the diving
    How do you know what fish think? Your not a fish.Hui Zi, Warriing states period

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    Do it, as soon as I catch up on things financially, I'm contemplating moving from lower AL to central FL as well
    The best springs in life are free.

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    Geez, and you have to ask!!??

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