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I've been offered a 1 year contract job at Bank of America or permanent at NASA and can't decide what to do

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I live in Albuquerque, NM and have been offered a 1 year remote job at BOFA. It's lucrative and above anything I've ever made. I just got an offer at NASA - White Sands Test Facility in southern New M

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I live in Albuquerque, NM and have been offered a 1 year remote job at BOFA. It's lucrative and above anything I've ever made. I just got an offer at NASA - White Sands Test Facility in southern New Mexico. It offers slightly lower pay but 20 days vacation + federal holidays paid, 401k match at 6%, and stipends for education/training. The only reason I'm not taking the NASA job is it requires a move to Las Cruces (3.5 hours away) and I would have to relocate and restart my whole life. It's also in the middle of nowhere, I found an apartment in Organ, NM which has 320 residents. I don't know if I'm mentally fit enough to go live in a desert, alone, with no friends. I'm having trouble biting the bullet and making a decision. Any thoughts?

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