Okay. So, as anybody who’s been paying attention to this weblog can tell you, I’ve essentially set myself two options. (There are certainly others, but narrowing it down to two makes it easier for me.) The first option is to go home to New York. I don’t really want to live there right now, but, since my parents are there, it’s a move that I could afford if I fail to find a job right away. The second option is to go to Austin. There are a lot of things about Texas that frighten me, or that might ultimately make it the wrong choice, but it’s an interesting place I could probably survive for a year, and I could do with a change right about now. However, my resources are limited, I have no family with whom I can live in Texas, so I would need a job. (And it seems unlikely, at this point, that I’m going to secure a job in Austin from Pennsyvlania.) New York is the safest option, and maybe the most sensible. If all that mattered to me was career, that’s where I’d go, in a heartbeat. But career isn’t all that matters to me, and, if my resources weren’t limited, I think Austin’s the option I’d pick right now. If only because it is such a change.

So let’s consider this something of a straw poll. Readers and friends tell me I should quit talking about moving and just do it already. So, in general, what do you think? Should I go back to New York, save money, and concentrate on building my resume? Or should I take a (sizeable) risk, move to Austin, and hope I can find a job on which I can live once I get there? Unless some unexpected third option I can’t refuse comes along in the next week or two, I’m moving to one of these places before the end of July. I’m curious which you think it should be.