I would stay wherever your quality of life is best. Hiring is slow or non-existent everywhere so wherever you go, you will have even fewer below on that list than you do here at XJT and movement will be just as slow (though I seem to move up at least a few spots every bid). If you're happy here at XJT then I would stick it out. There are a lot of "chicken littles" in the crew room and here in internet land. Don't buy the doom and gloom.