I feel so profoundly honored that I can start a mere Kabuki Face Paint thread and suddenly it is a career and job search thread........
My advice if you want to move from Michigan it to go to Portland, Oregon. It is ranked the number 1 city to live in for a medium large sized city (750,0000) by Outside magazine. Plus it is the headquarters of Dark Horse Comics, it has the Japanese and Chinese Gardens, the Rose Garden, The Omnimax Theatre, and tons of movie theatres, concert halls, great restaurants, a modern mass transit system, great zoo, tons of parks and hiking trails, and a booming economy. There is so many things to do. Plus you are only an hour away from the ocean. Take a look at the ocean from the sea lion caves on the Oregon Coast. Here is the link.
http://www.sealioncaves.com/webcamSometimes the camera is not working but they generally get it back operating the same day.