What you miss is the 2 solid years of hell it took to get to this point. I'm blessed to have it work out. It's hard and it will break down weak people, not that you are weak, but in general.

I take my stance not to push people away but to remind them if you can't make X and don't have Y you're F'd. I worked so hard and I still am. Housing issues here are crazy. It's been my personal biggest hurdle after income. Now that my income is up to support being here I can try to find a place to stay not to just get by. It took nearly 2 years to get my money right here, now I'm narrowing down permanent housing, it has not been a nice ride.

It's been hard. I am a hardened person from a tough life. I have been thru every hurdle. I was senselessly beaten as a kid. I was a ward if the state for 5 years. I was a trouble maker. I lost a 10 yr love. I have moved 14 times since August 2013. I have over come addictions, managed my PTSD, and my depression . I have worked harder to be here than most ever will. It has hardened my soul. Thru all of that I was the only one of my friends to graduate high school, let alone go on to get a college degree.

A lot of people can't handle that kind if hell. Many who have had way easier and much more comfortable lives are coming here with a poor resume, no savings, and thinking they can just make it work, to lose everything and be on a bus back home.

I want you to make it. So I'm gonna tell you how hard the challenge is. I'm gonna say in the most blunt way to anyone who asks about moving here, that its not for the faint if heart. It takes real detailed planning. I'm not discouraging you, I'm just not sugar coating the reality.

FYI. 2 yrs ago this month I got here with the help of my brother. Only to get shit on and kicked to the curb Christmas day 2013 by the same brother. That could have ruined my life. I had no money and no way to move my belongings back to Nebraska when that happened. I barely got thru that. I don't tell the personal dark side of how truly difficult it was to get to where I am now.

Before you start with personal attacks based on my comment history, you might want to remember you still don't know the whole story.