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<\/a>De\u2019Arbreya Lee<\/strong> As many graduating seniors begin their preparations for the real world,\u00a0 deciding where to live is one of the most important issues they will face. What factors determine if college graduates will make that big move or stay close to home?<\/p>\n LaShanda Jordan, Director of Jackson State University\u2019s Career Services Center, explains some of these factors.<\/p>\n \u201cLook at the cost of living. That\u2019s going to be a huge factor\u2026and potential income,\u201d said Jordan. \u201c\u201cYour larger cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, are areas in which our students consider.\u201d<\/p>\n She explains that although many students journey north, west and east, there are also students that stay within the southern regions for great job opportunities and complimentary living.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s still a lot cheaper to live in the south than it is to live in some of your bigger cities,\u201d said Jordan. \u201cEven places like Dallas and Atlanta, the cost of living is definitely more than Mississippi, but it\u2019s not as much as Chicago or New York.<\/p>\n Growth potential within the company and industry stability are also factors that should be considered according to Jordan.<\/p>\n Ultimately, she suggests that the\u00a0 final question students should consider is, Is the location someplace you can see yourself living and making a living at for the next five to ten years?<\/p>\n We asked few graduating seniors\u00a0 where they plan to move to pursue their various degrees and why.<\/p>\n Candace Wilder, a senior English major from Jackson Miss., said that she plans to relocate to Memphis, Tenn., with her children for a better job.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of jobs here\u2026there\u2019s no place for young, black people to make a better life for themselves,\u201d said Wilder.<\/p>\n After locating to Memphis after graduation, Wilder plans on joining the program Teach Memphis City Schools, but wouldn\u2019t consider coming back to Jackson, Miss., unless in retirement.<\/p>\n Brittney Cleark, a senior English major from Jackson, Miss., said that she is considering northern and western cities like Chicago and San Francisco to relocate to within the next five years.<\/p>\n \u201cI really want to go out north or out west because in the south, the art scene is not growing,\u201d said Cleark.<\/p>\n Cleark who wants to pursue a career in creative writing, feels that the art movements within these two cities strongly cater to what she needs to grow as an artist in her field.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of my friends have moved from Dallas to Chicago within the last five years because it\u2019s easier for them to promote themselves out there because people are a bit more culturally diverse,\u201d said Cleark.<\/p>\n Despite her plans to leave the south, Cleark does not plan on residing in either of these two areas forever.<\/p>\n \u201cI would go there for the \u2018right now\u2019 opportunity, but I wouldn\u2019t stay there. My plan is to come back to Mississippi\u2026to go out, get the stuff that I need and help Mississippi grow artistically,\u201d said Cleark.<\/p>\n Before hopping on a bus, train or plane to your destination, make\u00a0 a list, and check it twice to be sure\u00a0 your desired job location is truly the right move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" De\u2019Arbreya Lee Staff Writer As many graduating seniors begin their preparations for the real world,\u00a0 deciding where to live is one of the most important…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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