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Only when the future plan is real enough to deserve weight. If a job change is vague or speculative, Grant would optimize mainly for the current employer and current lifestyle. If you are actively interviewing or deliberately moving toward a known employment area, future geography can matter more. Do not make today’s housing materially worse for a hypothetical job that may never happen.
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