I have a few job offers and relocation available. What city would you recommend given my situation?
I currently live in Indianapolis but after much consideration my fiance and I want to move away. The cold is so overwhelming at times, family can be too overbearing/drama, and quite frankly we need a change in scenery.
Two weeks ago I put in some applications and received a few job offers in these cities -- Seattle, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City. The Vegas job pays the most and after doing a bunch of research, our money would go the furthest there but im skeptical of living in Vegas even though some of the suburbs look incredible and have so many amenities/affordability.
Scenery wise, Seattle and SLC are the most striking but are absurdly expensive. Id be taking a 15k paycut in SLC and a 20k paycut in Seattle so im a bit torn on that. I guess what im asking for is advice. My fiance and I will be making roughly 125k in LV, SLC around 110k, and Seattle 105k.
We enjoy sports and would love to attend games and love hiking/food. So should I take the Vegas offer since it pays the most? Im just concerned that my family and I will never "fit" in and the education system is apparently pretty bad. SLC and Seattle im worried ill be bottom middle class and with the housing disparity I dont think we'd ever be able to afford to buy a house at least not for a while.
Any advice?