11-17-2011, 06:14 AM
Yeah, I get that. #1 reason I jumped on the only forum in the region that really looked active. I'm going to need more practice with this sites search feature apparently. But I'm trying to reconcile all the info from 2008 against slightly less dated statistics and articles we see that all ultimately want you to invest either in a house or business.
Like I said, stage one is hopefully a position there as a travel nurse which will give us 2 or 3 months to feel it out. I think that will be huge. The position requires us to keep our house in KS for tax purposes, and they pay a housing stipend on top of the wage. I expect we'll travel like that for a year before we finally decide. But I'm honestly hard pressed to find anyplace that looks as good on paper. But that's why I'm here, I want to meet some people, make some contacts so maybe I can some real-people experience before we get there.
My son is on the very high-functioning end of the Asperger's spectrum, just noticeable enough that the rural school kids here are a little hard to handle. So that's another concern we have, already hearing that kids can be kind of rough on newcomers (mahilini?). So that'll be another challenge for us while we're there, to see if we can find a niche environment where he can make friends.
Like I said, stage one is hopefully a position there as a travel nurse which will give us 2 or 3 months to feel it out. I think that will be huge. The position requires us to keep our house in KS for tax purposes, and they pay a housing stipend on top of the wage. I expect we'll travel like that for a year before we finally decide. But I'm honestly hard pressed to find anyplace that looks as good on paper. But that's why I'm here, I want to meet some people, make some contacts so maybe I can some real-people experience before we get there.
My son is on the very high-functioning end of the Asperger's spectrum, just noticeable enough that the rural school kids here are a little hard to handle. So that's another concern we have, already hearing that kids can be kind of rough on newcomers (mahilini?). So that'll be another challenge for us while we're there, to see if we can find a niche environment where he can make friends.