I am job hunting and have been for almost 6 years (yikes). I've been living off of savings and with my parents since I lost my last job. I'm in my mid 30s and it's so discouraging. I've been searching, putting in applications, etc but not getting call backs. I know the fact that I don't drive, doesn't help my situation either. I do not get SSDI (even though whenever I have applied for it, I've been told I should've been getting it since I was a toddler), even though I've tried and tried numerous times since I was 21. I was a premie and because of ROP stage V (the highest stage) I am completely blind in my left eye because my retina is torn all the way through. So, that's why I don't drive and even though SSDI people have told me that I should've been getting since a toddler, the verdict always tells me I'm not "blind enough" :/ Yet, I know people that aren't as blind as me (ie they can see with glasses, etc) (I do have glasses but it's for protection of my left eye and because I do need them for my right eye) that get SSDI and other forms of government assistance because of their blindness, so it's never made since to me. So, sorry, I'm getting off topic..

If looking for a job (I've put my application in on job sites), if wanting to change locations to see if possibilities are better somewhere else, is it better to do that after you go to the location/find somewhere to live or through the online job boards? For example, if looking in NYC (I'm not) would it be better to get my application out there now or wait until I get there and have a place to live then search?