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Anyone ever move across the country (or another long distance) by themselves?

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notfred

Lifer
I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has done this for reasons that don't involve going to college or joining the military. I'm also primarily interested in hearing from people who've done this by themselves, without a spouse and/or family.

Anyway, if you've done this, what was it like adjusting to the new location? How did you make friends? Did you ever wish you'd stayed instead?

I'm just contemplating the social implications of a move like this, and wondering if anyone has any first-hand experience they'd like to share.
 
I still have half a year of college left and maybe grad school, but I'll most likely work 2,000 miles from home and 1,500 miles from the nearest relatives.
 
Luckily the place I want to work for will pay to:

Ship all your stuff there
Ship your vehicle there
Give you plane tickets to get there

If I were you, I'd get a rental truck and tow the car.
 
I've moved from MS to IN and I had a friend there. I made the trip alone.

I made friends at work. It wasn't too bad. Just load everything up and go. Buy a new bed and whatnot when you get there.

I did end up returning to MS, but that's just because IN sucks.
 

After attending college in upstate New York, my first job with GE put me in Philadelphia. It didn't take me very long to realize that neither GE nor Philadelphia were meant for me. Having seen enough snow growing up in Wisconsin and not being a fan of hot weather, I decided to move to the Pacific Northwest. I was lucky enough to land a job interview in Portland, loved the area, and took the job. I drove across country solo with my worldly possessions stuffed in the back of my old Pinto. That was many years ago, and the rest is (as they say) history...

Since I had already moved away from family and high school friends to go to college, the thought of making another "new start" in Portland never really concerned me. I met a lot of people through my job, and I joined some clubs (mostly involved with outdoor activities) for like-minded company. My siblings and even my parents all moved to other parts of the country over that next decade, so there really wasn't any "home" for me to miss much.

Actually, I think the best time of life to make a big move like this is before you establish too many ties (career, wife, her family, kids, etc.) to your current location!

One of the best life choices I could ever have made. I have NEVER regretted it for even a split second!

:thumbsup:
 
Someone here moved to CA from FL then back in a Civic.

Fast food manager maybe. Cant remember for the life of me who it was.
 
I've done it for a job (moved from Connecticut to Seattle). The move itself was fairly painless, the relocation company hired by my new job took care of it. Not to say it was problem free, but whenever problems arised rellocation co took care of them.

Yes, it was definitely stressful, basically 30 days prior to the move I had to start preparing and then it took me 30+ days after that to seattle down. At first I absolutely hated it - couldn't get used to the culture and the city. But gradually it all became routine.

Finding friends is probably the toughest thing - I'm not the most outgoing person, but slowly you establish relationships. I doubt I'll ever have the same number of friends I had before I moved, but slowly you meet people you have a lot in common with.
 
I moved from Indiana to Arizona in early 2003. I liked Phoenix better and I had a job offer out here. My family still lives in Indiana.

The first friends I made were people that were members of my forums and lived in Phoenix. After that, it just spread as usual: meeting new people through mutual friends, meeting new people at work, meeting new people at events with similar interests, etc.

I don't regret it at all. I may live elsewhere in the world to try other places but I have no intentions of going back to Indiana. 🙂
 
After college I moved from Indiana to Los Angeles (no job lined up). Then back to Indiana. Then 2 years later back to Los Angeles (again w/no job lined up). I've met people in LA from ATOT. I made friends at work and also friends w/people I worked on movies with. Once you meet a few people you meet their friends and so and so fourth. A number of my college friends live out in LA too, but we never hang out anymore (maybe once or twice in the past 4 years).

For me, the hardest part was the first 2-3 weeks out here. I'm not one to get homesick or anything like that so after 2-3wks I start to settle in. If it couldn't fit in my 2-door car (or the small 4'x4'x6' Uhaul trailer I rented) it didn't come w/me.

Moving (both times) was one of the best things I've ever done (up there w/electing to study a semester overseas in college). New people. New experiences. New adventures and opportunities. Scary as hell at first but I don't regret it at all.


Lethal
 
Well, my moving schedule is all messed up. Its always been for a reason though.

Since high school,

I moved to New jersey for 5months for school, left after a semester.

Then I worked a full time job programming touchscreens and service/support for almost 8 months in chicago suburbs.

Then I went to school for 9 months an hour further west.

Then I went to basic training for 4 months.

Then I spent 8 months working in a restaurant doing all sorts of jobs.

Then I spent 8 months in Afghanistan.

Now I've been at Ft Campbell living in Tennessee for almost 9 months.

Its been a very hectic last 4¼ years since high school. Most of my friends have spent 95% of that time just at one school, studying one thing.
 
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