Thinking of moving South

lowdru2k said:
Damn that sucks. I usually take around 45 mins to load or unload a full truck load and have them ready to hit the road.
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I'm guessing your not a Grocery shipper or receiver then? They're generally the worst with a few exceptions. Costco or Walmart aren't to bad and even if it takes a while, they at least have decent facilities and driver lounge.


Also, it's common for dry goods to be stacked floor to ceiling. No Pallets.

Of course it takes forever to hand unload product like this. Bet you appreciate that forklift. How would you like to be a grocery guy that has to hand touch everything one box at a time?



 
Plainview said:
The further south you go the more racist it gets until you hit Florida. Then, in Florida, the racism gets less and less the further south you go. It’s like a gradient.
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With a few exceptions, of course. Gainesville is in the center-north part of the state but it's damn near San Francisco culturally (which isn't a bad thing in my book). But North Florida, where I call home, is definitely South Georgia politically, and of course the Panhandle is East Alabamastan.
 
hrudey said:
With a few exceptions, of course. Gainesville is in the center-north part of the state but it's damn near San Francisco culturally (which isn't a bad thing in my book). But North Florida, where I call home, is definitely South Georgia politically, and of course the Panhandle is East Alabamastan.
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Yeah culturally I'm not thrilled about moving there, but having family already there makes things so much more convenient. I'm hoping to find pockets of independent secular people in the city to hang out with when I'm home off the road.

At least I can drive without concern of blizzards while saving up and trying to handle my student loan debt. I can just move again later.
 
Videodrome said:
I'm guessing your not a Grocery shipper or receiver then? They're generally the worst with a few exceptions. Costco or Walmart aren't to bad and even if it takes a while, they at least have decent facilities and driver lounge.


Also, it's common for dry goods to be stacked floor to ceiling. No Pallets.

Of course it takes forever to hand unload product like this. Bet you appreciate that forklift. How would you like to be a grocery guy that has to hand touch everything one box at a time?



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Did this in Target back in the day, but we had people with us. Got hit by a box in the head more than once. Can confirm that it's hotter than balls in those things.
 
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Seems crazy to me to move cross country for your job. Unless maybe you love your job or were making obscene amounts of money you could never make elsewhere.
Move were you actually want to live, don't let a job dictate your life.
That's just my 2 cents though. You do you home slice. :txbsmile:
 
It's generally to get away from Winter and partly because it affects my driving job.

Where I live now, I could change jobs but that would mean a big cut in pay.
 
Videodrome said:
It's generally to get away from Winter and partly because it affects my driving job.

Where I live now, I could change jobs but that would mean a big cut in pay.
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Keep a close eye on cost of living too obviously as it can change greatly from area to area. Where I am, the wages are lower, but the cost of living is very low too. You can get a nice house here for $100k. The same house might cost 2-3x more in boom areas.

Watch for "boom towns". I know a lot of people who get roped in. These places explode when the economy does well, but then crash when the inevitable recession hits. I've seen so many people get burned buying high and having to sell low. Of course you'll probably be renting for the short term anyway.

One nice thing about the northern rust belt is there's no boom or bust.
 
Kerosene31 said:
Keep a close eye on cost of living too obviously as it can change greatly from area to area. Where I am, the wages are lower, but the cost of living is very low too. You can get a nice house here for $100k. The same house might cost 2-3x more in boom areas.

Watch for "boom towns". I know a lot of people who get roped in. These places explode when the economy does well, but then crash when the inevitable recession hits. I've seen so many people get burned buying high and having to sell low. Of course you'll probably be renting for the short term anyway.

One nice thing about the northern rust belt is there's no boom or bust.
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The oilfields / frac sands jobs are Boom Town. I'm going to stay away from those.

Much of Michigan was boom town and went bust. That's another thing situation I've had to work on getting out of there. My job in Wisconsin was just the first step.
 
Videodrome said:
Well, I made it to Mobile, AL. Its nice I already have a place to stay so I can just focus onthe job hunting.

I passed through lite snow coming out of Chicago. Its nice to be away from that sh¡t.
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Yeah, there's a big difference between fall/winter in Chicago, and fall/winter in Mobile. Winter in the south reminds me of fall in Chicago.

Good luck on the job search. Hope you find something you like.
 
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I've watched some documentaries on TV with these bayou people and alligators and such, would love to hang with these folks a few weeks. I think I would be appreciated among these fine people.
 
Viktor said:
If you hear banjos, drive faster.
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Seriously, actual sign I saw on I-65

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I'm in NY and I basically consider anything south of the NY border to be "the south". Pennsylvania might as well be a different country.
 
And then in places like WI, where the southern part of the state is fine but then the further north you get it starts turning into hillbilly country.
 
Well, it's a done deal and my residence is now in near Mobile, AL. I haven't actually been in Mobile much except that is where the yard is that I park my truck.

There is a really nice shopping mall nearby and some nice restaurants.

Unfortunately, I was so busy with the job search and Thanksgiving with relatives, I haven't had time to meet new people. I did howerver find a Virtual Reality Lounge at the mall so I had to check that out and I enjoy talking to anyone about serious gaming tech. I played a lot of Arizona Sunshine and some Brookhaven Experiment blasting zombies at their store.

Now I'm working as a Southeast Regional trucker hoping to have very minimal dealings with the snow. I did see some in N. Carolina, but then went straight to Georgia and Florida before heading to deliver to Sam's Clubs in Mississippi where I'm at now.

I suppose if I'm ever undecided on staying in Mobile, this job at least allows me to see the rest of the Southeast seeing people and what the weather is like. Here in Mississippi, the Low should be 56 lol. I did find some brain-clenching accents in N. Carolina of all places outside of the bigger cities. It reminded me a lot of Bill Paxton's Sargent character in Edge of Tomorrow, but that still doesn't quite do it justice. It was almost as if he was pronouncing consanants like vowels. It was damn strange to me.

I'm still not thrilled about working as a Truck Driver and the schedule is totally insane, but I have a shot at recovering from Student Loan Debt.
 
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I don't want to give away my location or some of my internet foes will send in drone strikes, but I'm not too far from you. Welcome to the south. I hope you find the people here friendly. That's really the main advantage -- in addition to cost of living. I also hope you have an easy time making friends. I'm not too good at that myself. It takes me a while to warm up and really connect, if I'm in a new place. I hope you can find stuff to do as well. That can be a little challenging sometimes, in a medium-sized and low-key city like Mobile.

Good luck paying off the student loan debt. I know I felt a big sense of relief when I finally got mine paid off.
 
I still wonder wtf I'm doing in a truck with my 2 year degree.

I've been thinking of trying writing since I did well in English Comp. or trying any side gig to develop other skills. If that doesn't work, hope to move to a trucking related office job.
 
Videodrome said:
I still wonder wtf I'm doing in a truck with my 2 year degree.

I've been thinking of trying writing since I did well in English Comp. or trying any side gig to develop other skills. If that doesn't work, hope to move to a trucking related office job.
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I suppose one advantage of trucking is that there's plenty of time to listen to CDs, audiobooks, or podcasts while you're driving. Maybe you could listen to something that would increase your knowledge and skills in an area of interest, or provide inspiration or ideas?

Btw, I came across an article on a Yale grad who ended up a trucker, got concerned about weight gain, then designed a fitness program for truckers. We've talked in the low-carb thread about nutrition, so I thought this might be of interest to you.

https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4645-siphiwe-baleka

4 minutes? That's my kind of workout.
 
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