My 1,000th Post: I'm outta here (NYC that is......)

[Spark]

Raps the way you capture NYC life is just like Toronto life. Every time I see a beautiful sunset or ride some awesome trail I think how lucky I am living on the west coast and not stuck in my hard working life I had before. So true about the city friends...all they do is work and party with the occasional trip thrown in.

Congrats on making the choice....many people can't pull the trigger....in a several months I'm sure you'll be writing from a happier place.

[Mgof]

Way to commit Raps. I think it's best to try and live an 'interesting' life. Not for the sake of being interesting, but because said life yields the best/most fun/most rewarding results. I'm quitting my job in the Bay Area this fall to bum around the Sierra before heading back to school. If you're interested in finding a place in North Tahoe (Truckee --> Tahoe City corridor) for Jan/Feb/March let me know. Congrats, now you can breathe deeeep & relax...

[midget]

good to hear that yer getting out of the east!
slc is cheap, wicked cheap, usually with wicked sick pow. oh wait you are from nyc. not mass.

[road trip]

Good luck! Looking forward to hearing the story unfold.

[jimmy page]

Good luck on your journey west.

[CUBUCK]

Smart choice. I made the same one a few weeks ago and bought a place in denver, now I just have to wait for them to build the damn thing. I have been in NYC for 4 years, can't imagine the pent up energy you would have after spending your entire life here. Good luck and don't look back.

[FREESKIER_FIVE-0]

With rent like that you could actually get a place in Jackson Hole.

Nice decision!

[Raps]

Yeah the rent though is split 3 ways but its still crazy considering my bedroom only has room for a bed and night stand, nothing else. But i also pay a separate rent for my office.....plus tv and electric....etc....i am paying around 2G a month to live here.

So yeah, i'm open to a lot of options and hoping to spend half what i pay now or even less....

Also just realized i might have to sell my truck before i go and buy something more reliable to get me out there........never wanted to sell it but might have too

[SkiBrain]

So i feel like my 1,000th post is the appropriate time to announce my plan to leave this city i have called home for 23 years of my life........

But for now i am feeling very excited with the possibility to finally live out my dream and experience some new places (and ski a ton).

So now on to the planning...........

Good for you Raps. Quality of life is crucial. I recently almost took a position in Idaho because of great outdoor recreation opportunities even though the town itself, salary, and some other aspects of the job were lousy. Hopefully when I go back on the market this fall I'll get a job somewhere that won't require compromising quality of life for quality of the work environment. Best of luck to you wherever you end up.

[funkendrenchman]

With rent like that you could actually get a place in Jackson Hole.

Nice decision!

You might be able to find a place here in that price range.... seriously.

Oh ya, and you're making the right move! Good luck!

[stuckathuntermtn]

i just realized it's "here" not "hear."

[Pow4Brains]

This mindset i feel is severely lacking with my group of friends and in this city so i wish to seek out some new places and gain some new experiences. So many people my age (23) get a job in NYC and just get stuck here, working too hard, getting out of shape etc...and then in a few years they look back and say what did i do with my life? I don't want to make that mistake - i want to meet some new people and have an adventure while i am young.

i need to be near a big airport since i will have to travel for work a decent amount.

The only tough thing will be telling my girlfriend.

This was the exact reason I had to leave WI. I do indeed miss my old drinkin’ buddies and family, but I have found I get more quality time with each of them when they come out to visit (or vice versa).

My job also demanded easy access to an airport. SLC as defiantly gotten better that last few years, but the direct flights to almost anywhere from Denver was the determining factor for me.

The girl, mine ended up being THE one and we are now happily married out west.

Good luck with your surgery and congrats on a hudge decision.

[Tye 1on]

Way to go Rapster, the Jackson airport can get ya anywhere, but flights can be pretty spendy sometimes. If I was livin yer dream, i'd be heading to find a place up in Big or Lil Cottonwood Cyn, not SLC proper. You'd be soooo stoked waking up to 1-4 feet of fresh and not having to drive much or deal with traffic.

good luck, and good move!

[TBone]

Hey Raps, any chance you were at the beer garden in Queens on Saturday? Saw someone there who kinda looked like you but I wasn't drunk enough yet to ask for change.
And congrats on the move. I'm stuck here for at least another three years but hopefully after that...

[Raps]

Hey Raps, any chance you were at the beer garden in Queens on Saturday? Saw someone there who kinda looked like you but I wasn't drunk enough yet to ask for change.
And congrats on the move. I'm stuck here for at least another three years but hopefully after that...

Naw man wasn't me but we gotta meet up for drinks sometime before i'm outta here.....


And to all the others thanks for the encouragement! You guys rock - seriously. I definitely would not me making this move if it weren't for my years on this board and all the great people i have met.

[stump832]

Naw man wasn't me but we gotta meet up for drinks sometime before i'm outta here.....


And to all the others thanks for the encouragement! You guys rock - seriously. I definitely would not me making this move if it weren't for my years on this board and all the great people i have met.

Raps- good deal, man. I know a place you can rent which is close to Albie's, Sincy's, and LCC that is coming due on August 1 if you want to choose SLC for the long haul.

[Raps]

Raps- good deal, man. I know a place you can rent which is close to Albie's, Sincy's, and LCC that is coming due on August 1 if you want to choose SLC for the long haul.

Thanks but i think i am going to try and sublet first where ever i do start out. Don't want to get into any contracts. So keep your ears open in your area for people looking to sublet in the fall/winter. Sounds like a great location though!



And in other news.......i told the GF......lets just say it was Tear Fest 2007 - but i feel relieved cause i didn't like keepin it from her - we shall see what happens to us but she is doing well with the news now - but good to get that out of the way....

[bagtagley]

You can crash in the dirt-floored crawl space under my stairs. My cat only pissed under there for like, a month.



Dude, it's about time. Glad to see you making the move. Good luck out there, and don't forget the little people when www.raps-xxx.com sells for millions.

[freshies]

good for you, i mean, you are 23 dude, so young (trust me)...ou can always go back to nyc in a few yrs and jump back in the rat race (trust me)...go, now, don't even wait for fall, go and find a plce and enjoy the mountains in the summer (after a few winters you almost - almost - end up liking summers more)...just go and make it happen. good luck!