<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

Any advice would be appreciated.  We are at a loss of what to do...

My boyfriend and I currently live in the suburbs around Philadelphia, PA.  For the past two years we have desperately wanted to move - ideally looking at places like Idaho, Washington, Montana... even more rural Pennsylvania or New York.  We've sent out tons of emails, resumes, applications, etc.

We've both had our share of promising interviews as well.  But, ultimately, it always seems to come back to us that we have not been offered the position and we both are inclined to think it's because we are not currently living in the area where the job is.  Had we been living there we feel we would have gotten the job.

I was recently laid off from my job here in Philadelphia, so that has made looking for employment elsewhere even more difficult... I feel I now bounce between looking for work where we would like to live and looking for work here just to have an income.

It's now gotten to the point where we are wondering if we are doing this right.  Would we have better luck if we were to move to where we wish to live and *then* look for jobs?  This raises a few concerns for me... my boyfriend has some significant savings, but it would only be enough to carry us both for a few months.  I'm currently unemployed, so my income right  now is limited to unemployment.

Also... every place I've rented from has required proof of employment as terms for renting with them.  If we were to move without jobs, we wouldn't be able to provide this.

Has anyone successfully made a move like this? 

Any advice would be appreciated... we are at a loss as to where to go from here and are both feeling incredibly discouraged.
<bot>: Boyfriend and I want to move across country, but are running into the problem of needing a job to move, but needing to move to get a job.  What can we do?