Anyone still wants to rent the apartment at their home office city, but only stays around 4-8 days per month? Or it’s better to just move around where the project requires us to travel to?

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Was same situation. Still rented. Too much hassle not to have stuff unpacked. Beach time uncertainty. Can certainly save serious money but wasn’t sure worth it.

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Same here

You need a place to keep your stuff, a place that’s yours, a place to fall back to if you’re on the bench.

Economics of it is up to you

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Economics aside, I absolutely need a place of my own for the sake of my sanity. I also need things to be exactly where I left them on Monday morning when I'm back Thursday! I have a moderately priced apartment in a safe area and 15% of my gross pay goes in it. Not too bad!

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I've been travelling for a year and will be likely for another year or two. I keep a low rent place in my home city, and rack up travel miles & per diem (I do local groceries so per diem is candy). The economics are great.

I'd suggest if rent in your home town is high, you rent a room & put stuff in storage. Otherwise if you move to where you're working, your moving expenses won't likely be paid, you wont get to claim the car rental/Uber charges, per diem, and then you'll have to pay your own way to come home, assuming you've built a home where you are now.

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I’ve only rented for 1 year out of 4 in consulting, so lived 3 years so far without a home. Very happy with that decision. I know many others who considered it, some who tried it - out of the ones who tried it, most did end up hating it eventually. Just a question of personality.

I couldn’t care less about coming home to the same apartment every Friday, it doesn’t give me a sense of stability. If you do need to feel good though, the money savings aren’t gonna be enough to make you happy.

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Doesn’t make sense to rent..

I am in the same situation b/c home city is New York.

I am paying the rent every month (not very cheap) + travel every month. This has lasted for almost one year. Feel like I wasted a lot of money: (

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Am exactly in similar dilemma. I do not have a place for last 3 months now and I miss having a place thats mine. I live close to greater new york and in dilemma if I shld move to city or further south where its cheap to own a place. I am 31 and single. I wanted to move close to my clients but am in short term assignments and sometimes no travel in btwn.

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