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Maggie took on an excellent opportunity as co-director of Ballet Tucson, after a long time of trying to figure out what to do post-retirement from PNB. The upshot is that we now live in two separate states, which sucks already.
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Kory wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 1:32pm
Maggie took on an excellent opportunity as co-director of Ballet Tucson, after a long time of trying to figure out what to do post-retirement from PNB. The upshot is that we now live in two separate states, which sucks already.
Congrats to Maggie. You moving to Tucson? Cost of living should be way lower.
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If you move to Tucson we could meet halfway for some beers in Albuquerque, KP.

And congrats to Maggie!
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Kory wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 1:32pm
Maggie took on an excellent opportunity as co-director of Ballet Tucson, after a long time of trying to figure out what to do post-retirement from PNB. The upshot is that we now live in two separate states, which sucks already.
Congrats to your much better half. If your current employer values you enough, perhaps you can continue working remotely. One positive aspect of the past year is that employers and employees alike are realizing how many jobs simply don't require being on site.
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Kory wrote:
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Maggie took on an excellent opportunity as co-director of Ballet Tucson, after a long time of trying to figure out what to do post-retirement from PNB. The upshot is that we now live in two separate states, which sucks already.
Congratulations on your wife's good fortune. As Doc mentioned, lots of companies are encouraging people to work remotely, it's saving them money on office space & utilities, etc. so perhaps you can negotiate something that's beneficial to everybody.
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Thanks all! We're going to wait at least a year to see how it goes. There's no point in giving up our Seattle apartment if the whole thing falls apart. Between covid and the mess that the company is already in, this is more of a testing year to see if it even survives. Also, I loathe Arizona for a multitude of reasons, so we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, I suppose. The idea is to go down and visit for two weeks at a time, perhaps every 6 weeks or so, and ideally I should be able to work remotely at least during that time.
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Kory wrote:
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Thanks all! We're going to wait at least a year to see how it goes. There's no point in giving up our Seattle apartment if the whole thing falls apart. Between covid and the mess that the company is already in, this is more of a testing year to see if it even survives. Also, I loathe Arizona for a multitude of reasons, so we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, I suppose. The idea is to go down and visit for two weeks at a time, perhaps every 6 weeks or so, and ideally I should be able to work remotely at least during that time.
Hello,

Congrats! Tuscon is a neat place as there's great trails to run/hike at some park southwest (?) of town. My wife and I lived a few states apart (North Carolina and Alabama - ~11 hour drive) and I've gradually found spots closer to North Carolina (Ohio - 5 hours; now I'm in North Carolina but ~2 hours away). We did this after our son graduated and moved out. We worked at and it worked out for us - I'm not saying it would work for anyone in particular. Good luck whatever works out!

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The Boss and I have lived apart on several occasions. Once when I was going to school in Iowa, once when she did a teaching fellowship in Ottawa (while we were still in Saskatoon), and once during a sabbatical when she was all over Western Canada for about four months. It's do-able and I think it makes you appreciate the relationship more when you're together.
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01 Jun 2021, 2:41pm
The Boss and I have lived apart on several occasions. Once when I was going to school in Iowa, once when she did a teaching fellowship in Ottawa (while we were still in Saskatoon), and once during a sabbatical when she was all over Western Canada for about four months. It's do-able and I think it makes you appreciate the relationship more when you're together.

Yeah, we've spent a few months apart at a time since we started dating because of her traveling for ballet stuff here and there, but this is the first open-ended time with that. I think it's just cutting deeper because we just spent a whole year together in one place.
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gkbill wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 2:38pm
Kory wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 2:07pm
Thanks all! We're going to wait at least a year to see how it goes. There's no point in giving up our Seattle apartment if the whole thing falls apart. Between covid and the mess that the company is already in, this is more of a testing year to see if it even survives. Also, I loathe Arizona for a multitude of reasons, so we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, I suppose. The idea is to go down and visit for two weeks at a time, perhaps every 6 weeks or so, and ideally I should be able to work remotely at least during that time.
Hello,

Congrats! Tuscon is a neat place as there's great trails to run/hike at some park southwest (?) of town. My wife and I lived a few states apart (North Carolina and Alabama - ~11 hour drive) and I've gradually found spots closer to North Carolina (Ohio - 5 hours; now I'm in North Carolina but ~2 hours away). We did this after our son graduated and moved out. We worked at and it worked out for us - I'm not saying it would work for anyone in particular. Good luck whatever works out!
I can't run or even really function in heat that heavy. I'm from Seattle, so anything above 60 is pretty uncomfortable for me. Other reasons I'm not a fan is that there's really only one biome (especially compared to WA); bands don't visit; it's overflowing with republicans and open racism; I don't trust seafood that far inland; there's no respectable symphony or chamber music organization; and it's a city built almost entirely out of strip malls. Plus I know literally nobody there, so I'd become even more of a hermit. It's an ok place to visit for a short time but there's no way I could be content living there.
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If you move to Tucson we could meet halfway for some beers in Albuquerque, KP.

And congrats to Maggie!
I have a sneaking suspicion that I'd rather just go to Denver...
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Kory wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 4:43pm
gkbill wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 2:38pm
Kory wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 2:07pm
Thanks all! We're going to wait at least a year to see how it goes. There's no point in giving up our Seattle apartment if the whole thing falls apart. Between covid and the mess that the company is already in, this is more of a testing year to see if it even survives. Also, I loathe Arizona for a multitude of reasons, so we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, I suppose. The idea is to go down and visit for two weeks at a time, perhaps every 6 weeks or so, and ideally I should be able to work remotely at least during that time.
Hello,

Congrats! Tuscon is a neat place as there's great trails to run/hike at some park southwest (?) of town. My wife and I lived a few states apart (North Carolina and Alabama - ~11 hour drive) and I've gradually found spots closer to North Carolina (Ohio - 5 hours; now I'm in North Carolina but ~2 hours away). We did this after our son graduated and moved out. We worked at and it worked out for us - I'm not saying it would work for anyone in particular. Good luck whatever works out!
I can't run or even really function in heat that heavy. I'm from Seattle, so anything above 60 is pretty uncomfortable for me. Other reasons I'm not a fan is that there's really only one biome (especially compared to WA); bands don't visit; it's overflowing with republicans and open racism; I don't trust seafood that far inland; there's no respectable symphony or chamber music organization; and it's a city built almost entirely out of strip malls. Plus I know literally nobody there, so I'd become even more of a hermit. It's an ok place to visit for a short time but there's no way I could be content living there.
Yeah, the "politics" of Arizona are pretty tin foil & MAGA hat crowd inspired. Both my wife and I have relatives that live there, I'm not sure I could even visit them based on their reactions to this past years political and pandemic events.
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The heat is Mercury-like. About 20 years ago, the Boss and I drove a friend down to Tucson so he could start his PhD. It was mid-August and the streets were bubbling. And yet I saw locals wearing sweatshirts. What kind of biological mistake acclimatizes to that degree?
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Kory wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 4:43pm
gkbill wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 2:38pm
Kory wrote:
01 Jun 2021, 2:07pm
Thanks all! We're going to wait at least a year to see how it goes. There's no point in giving up our Seattle apartment if the whole thing falls apart. Between covid and the mess that the company is already in, this is more of a testing year to see if it even survives. Also, I loathe Arizona for a multitude of reasons, so we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, I suppose. The idea is to go down and visit for two weeks at a time, perhaps every 6 weeks or so, and ideally I should be able to work remotely at least during that time.
Hello,

Congrats! Tuscon is a neat place as there's great trails to run/hike at some park southwest (?) of town. My wife and I lived a few states apart (North Carolina and Alabama - ~11 hour drive) and I've gradually found spots closer to North Carolina (Ohio - 5 hours; now I'm in North Carolina but ~2 hours away). We did this after our son graduated and moved out. We worked at and it worked out for us - I'm not saying it would work for anyone in particular. Good luck whatever works out!
I can't run or even really function in heat that heavy. I'm from Seattle, so anything above 60 is pretty uncomfortable for me. Other reasons I'm not a fan is that there's really only one biome (especially compared to WA); bands don't visit; it's overflowing with republicans and open racism; I don't trust seafood that far inland; there's no respectable symphony or chamber music organization; and it's a city built almost entirely out of strip malls. Plus I know literally nobody there, so I'd become even more of a hermit. It's an ok place to visit for a short time but there's no way I could be content living there.
Hello,

Admittedly, I went to Tuscon for weekends (games versus the University of Arizona) so my exposure was limited. I enjoy living in college towns - North Carolina has a couple of decent University towns and is slowly entering the 21st century. There's more than enough racism to go around. I was in Oregon which was much more blue than North Carolina - but much more white. North Carolina has rednecks while Oregon has survivalists - guys (primarily) who lived under bridges because they wanted to live off the grid. I guess I've learned to live amongst rednecks. College towns do tend to provide and support the arts here - I can't speak for Tuscon. As for heat, I prefer hot than cold. I lived in Vermont as well - it was fun but give me heat rather than cold anytime! I hope you all (I guess I should write "y'all") figure it out.

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