A friend recently pitched a proposition. We're playing with the idea of getting a bunch of people to essentially start a new life out west. We currently live in Ohio and are starting to hate our office jobs. The idea is to set out and start a few related businesses out there...kind of move as this sort of collective community almost. We know several people mid 20's to mid 30's in a variety of professions without any attachments that can just pick up and go, and he says he's gotten a handful of people already on board with the notion.

It seems like a cool idea, but moving and starting over is always scary. In theory, I would think it takes some of the stress out of it to be moving with a familiar group of people. I've thought about moving across country before, but always imagined the wife and I going it alone. I've only ever relocated as a kid with family because of family, or from one Columbus apartment to another, so this idea seems pretty foreign to me.

Any of you every try anything like this? Is it at all common to do this sort of thing? Any advice unique to this idea? Words of encouragement? Words of caution?
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Friend is trying to convince me to start a business out west with a group of people and settle down. I've never
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A friend recently pitched a proposition. We're playing with the idea of getting a bunch of people to essentially start a new life out west. We currently live in Ohio and are starting to hate our office jobs. The idea is to set out and start a few related businesses out there...kind of move as this sort of collective community almost. We know several people mid 20's to mid 30's in a variety of professions without any attachments that can just pick up and go, and he says he's gotten a handful of people already on board with the notion.

It seems like a cool idea, but moving and starting over is always scary. In theory, I would think it takes some of the stress out of it to be moving with a familiar group of people. I've thought about moving across country before, but always imagined the wife and I going it alone. I've only ever relocated as a kid with family because of family, or from one Columbus apartment to another, so this idea seems pretty foreign to me.

Any of you every try anything like this? Is it at all common to do this sort of thing? Any advice unique to this idea? Words of encouragement? Words of caution?
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A friend is thinking of trying to pull off a collective relocation to a new place. Have you ever done this? How
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