Relocating
After many, many years in the Midwest, I've decided to live in the mountains. Easy to decide, not as easy to complete with no bank accounts, no permanent residence and every photo ID I have has a different address on it. But, not impossible to do, nothing is really impossible if one is willing to pay the price to do it. Some things I've learned in no particular order:
Carry something that is proof of your social security number. I haven't seen my actual social security card in years, so this has been rather interesting. Have a utility bill from somewhere that you have lived. Print out your motor vehicle registration papers from wherever your vehicle was last tagged. Travel with regular, common guns. Law enforcement will question a brace of AK-47s and 20 magazines, while a lever gun won't even get a glance (depending on where you are - since I'm "out west," cowboy guns are common).
Find local people for sources of information. I spent a month on the internet looking at rentals, residency requirements, attorneys, realtors, etc. One comment from a local guy got me further in an hour than the month of website time. Be helpful, be nice (unless the area precludes that, but at that point I'd wonder why one would want to be there at all), and have a verifiable backstory that makes sense because new banks and new attorneys who are local will call each other to confirm that you're saying the same thing to everybody. Not a time to bullshit about how you're the founding member of SEAL 6 and a multi-billionaire investor. I'm broke. That creates a few problems, of course, but once everybody knows that up front, then the local sources will know that I need loans, credit and even the use of a printer once in a while. Be patient. The people you run into do not know anything about you and have no reason to trust you until you show them that you can be trusted.
Why bother? In my case, I'm not sitting in 110 degree weather with 95% humidity anymore, wondering whether I am going to be able to get a job at McDonalds or Wendy's. Instead, it's stunning weather, incredible scenery and I am already covered up in work that I like doing. No longer do I have to listen to whining about local politics or stupid taxes at the local or state level, I don't have to deal with little tyrants or really much of anything. Life is short. Why waste it either living someplace you hate or doing something you detest or working for anyone that you are not comfortable working for or who really is not worth working for?
I only wasted about half my life doing those things. If it were just too hard to get out of a situation and build yourself a better one, I'd not even try it as I'm pretty lazy. I recall that recently, someone commented on Facebook about how they detested where they were living. So go someplace else. All the toys in the world are not worth the loss of personal contentment. Want to die someplace wishing you'd never even been stuck there? Not me. And finally, I no longer have to face that possibility.
Life is indeed short. Don't waste it.
Carry something that is proof of your social security number. I haven't seen my actual social security card in years, so this has been rather interesting. Have a utility bill from somewhere that you have lived. Print out your motor vehicle registration papers from wherever your vehicle was last tagged. Travel with regular, common guns. Law enforcement will question a brace of AK-47s and 20 magazines, while a lever gun won't even get a glance (depending on where you are - since I'm "out west," cowboy guns are common).
Find local people for sources of information. I spent a month on the internet looking at rentals, residency requirements, attorneys, realtors, etc. One comment from a local guy got me further in an hour than the month of website time. Be helpful, be nice (unless the area precludes that, but at that point I'd wonder why one would want to be there at all), and have a verifiable backstory that makes sense because new banks and new attorneys who are local will call each other to confirm that you're saying the same thing to everybody. Not a time to bullshit about how you're the founding member of SEAL 6 and a multi-billionaire investor. I'm broke. That creates a few problems, of course, but once everybody knows that up front, then the local sources will know that I need loans, credit and even the use of a printer once in a while. Be patient. The people you run into do not know anything about you and have no reason to trust you until you show them that you can be trusted.
Why bother? In my case, I'm not sitting in 110 degree weather with 95% humidity anymore, wondering whether I am going to be able to get a job at McDonalds or Wendy's. Instead, it's stunning weather, incredible scenery and I am already covered up in work that I like doing. No longer do I have to listen to whining about local politics or stupid taxes at the local or state level, I don't have to deal with little tyrants or really much of anything. Life is short. Why waste it either living someplace you hate or doing something you detest or working for anyone that you are not comfortable working for or who really is not worth working for?
I only wasted about half my life doing those things. If it were just too hard to get out of a situation and build yourself a better one, I'd not even try it as I'm pretty lazy. I recall that recently, someone commented on Facebook about how they detested where they were living. So go someplace else. All the toys in the world are not worth the loss of personal contentment. Want to die someplace wishing you'd never even been stuck there? Not me. And finally, I no longer have to face that possibility.
Life is indeed short. Don't waste it.
hey Dave how are you? So sorry to hear you up and moved away on us. This is Jean (nordyne) here is my email so drop me a line.......
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