I did it bro - just decided to up and leave...
Saved up about 2 grand... Put all my shit in my car (clothes, stereo, tv) only what I could carry and moved out to AZ... Got temp work working a jackhammer until I could find something decent... Applied and got into grad school out here...
Just make sure wherever you are going has a job market for what you do.... Found out AZ has no need for too many people with a brain after the fact, LOL