I know no one probably cares but I figured I need to ask someone neutral.

I live in Oregon right now and I live here only because my daughter is here with her mother. I have been out of work for a while and have been having a hell of a time even getting interviews because no one is hiring and I haven't been actively seeking. I own a house in California that is paid for and is being rented out but it really doesn't go for a whole lot because of the economy and all. So I am renting here in Oregon.

Things are starting to pile up on me and it is really getting me down lately. I don't like it much here at all but I stay because of my daughter. I have been wanting to move really badly over the last year or so but if I move to Cali. it means I won't see my daughter as much which will bother me a lot.

I have thought of selling the house in California and buying a house here but I really can't because the market is so depressed all over. So I am trying to figure out what to do.

My options are to move back into the house in California and have better opportunities for work and lower cost of living on a month to month basis thus leaving me 1200 miles from my daughter (one solid day driving for me). I have thought a bout this and we coud communicate through webcast and phone but it still isn't the same really.

The other option is stay here where my daughter is and run myself into the poor house steadily but maintaining a close relationship with my daughter (she is soon to be 6 btw).

I am really confused what to do and its realy bugging me because I don't see too many ways out of it.