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I'm curious to hear any advice/tips/stories from people who have made a long distance move.
I am currently searching for jobs in Colorado, and will be moving there from San Antonio. Trying to begin the organizing/packing process now, as much as I can. I'm not planning on moving until I get a job up there though.
Planning on renting a truck and driving it up there with the help of a family member or two. Trying to do some preliminary research on neighborhoods to live in, but kind of hard until I know where I'll be working.
I don't think I can help. But I'm very interested in this thread. Oddly enough I'm currently planning a move to San Antonio. 1100 miles for me. My fiancé took a big promotion down there, so I'm now looking for myself. Hope your move goes well- and if you have any advice about San Antonio I'd love to hear it.
o'neil and I just moved from SC to Salt Lake City in December. From the day we started packing till the day we arrived in Utah was 16 days. 16 grueling, demanding days. We used a U-Haul trailer with our pickup truck. 2300+ miles driven in about 48 hours with no overnight stops. The biggest thing we learned was: you don't really need all that much stuff. If it fit in the pickup truck or the trailer, we brought it. If not, it stayed behind. (Shoutout to custeph, who was an absolute lifesaver!)
Oh, and also, I realize it isn't between San Antonio and CO, but whatever you do, stay out of Arkansas.
o'neil and I just moved from SC to Salt Lake City in December. From the day we started packing till the day we arrived in Utah was 16 days. 16 grueling, demanding days. We used a U-Haul trailer with our pickup truck. 2300+ miles driven in about 48 hours with no overnight stops. The biggest thing we learned was: you don't really need all that much stuff. If it fit in the pickup truck or the trailer, we brought it. If not, it stayed behind. (Shoutout to custeph, who was an absolute lifesaver!)
Oh, and also, I realize it isn't between San Antonio and CO, but whatever you do, stay out of Arkansas.
I think that's going to be my biggest take away too, downsizing a bunch of the stuff I have. That's going to be my main priority at first, just getting rid of stuff that I don't really need.
I don't think I can help. But I'm very interested in this thread. Oddly enough I'm currently planning a move to San Antonio. 1100 miles for me. My fiancé took a big promotion down there, so I'm now looking for myself. Hope your move goes well- and if you have any advice about San Antonio I'd love to hear it.
I think San Antonio's actually a pretty great city, I'm just ready to get out of Texas and experience something completely different. I live on the far west side, sort of by Sea World. Everything from the far west side, all the way up to the north side is booming pretty heavily right now. Lots of new construction, lots of new businesses, but also lots of traffic.
I've moved a million times. from NM to IN, from NC to OH, from OH to IL. just be organized. once you find out where you are working, look at places on line. when I moved from NM to IN I had a friend that found a place for me to live. when I moved from IN to NC brian was able to spend a weekend out there finding a place to live. when we moved from NC to OH we lived in a hotel with a 5 month old for a few weeks while we found a place to live as we only had 6 days notice of move. from OH to IL it was close enough that we spent a weekend out here and found an apartment and daycare. good times. it's stressful but totally exciting at the same time. getting the job is the biggest most nerve wracking step. after that, it's a breeze. we had movers for a couple of those moves but the rest I just rented a U-Haul, bought some boxes and went to town. it is truly amazing how much shit you are able to get rid of when you move yourself. just look at it as an adventure and let me know if you have any questions, I feel like I'm kind of a pro at this now
Post by NothingButFlowers on Feb 4, 2015 19:21:20 GMT -5
We moved from Atlanta to Carson City, NV a few years ago. If you have the means to go up ahead of time and look for apartments, I suggest doing so, but if that's not doable, we had a pretty easy time taking care of all that online and over the phone. Maybe go with a short-term lease if that's an option. We ended up staying in our same apartment the whole four years we were there, but mainly because it's just easier not to move once you've been in a place for a year.
As for the actual packing and moving, my husband did almost all of the packing before the trip, so I don't really have anything to offer there. We didn't want to drive a U-Haul truck across country, but we had some big items (like a bed and such), and we were on too much of a budget for movers, so we ended up using ABF U-Pack for the big stuff. It's kind of like PODS, but instead of being a dedicated residential moving company, it's really a freight thing, so it's way, way cheaper, but I wouldn't recommend packing anything fragile in them. We ended up driving out to the ABF place to pack the container because there wasn't anywhere for them to drop it off at our place in Atlanta. Then they dropped it off at our new apartment, we unpacked it, and then they came to pick it up. I don't think any of our stuff was damaged in the trip, but again, we didn't put anything fragile in it.
For things like our records and more fragile stuff, we put some of it in the trunk, and we also rented a small U-Haul trailer that we hooked up to the car.
As for the drive, we were lucky that we had time between my jobs, so we kind of treated it like a vacation. We researched restaurants (mostly on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, but now, I would go with Yelp), so we had a plan for every night. And we stopped at the Grand Canyon for a few hours one day. We were worried about stressing the dogs, so we only drove 6 or 8 hours a day, taking 6 days all together to get there. It was actually kind of fun.
Didn't realize this thread existed, so I'm piggy backing on it. Already some great advice in here but I'm bumping it to see if anyone else has anything to add. Particularly in the "finding a job from out of state" realm.
As many of you know I found out yesterday that I got into grad school at UT- Austin. Looks like I really am moving to Texas in August now. I really, truly thought I wasn't going to get in and therefore have made NO preparation for such a big move (happening in 5-6 months!)
For anyone who has moved across the country, or any out of state move, do you have any helpful tips or advice that could ease the overwhelming, terrifying, ball of stress feeling I have in my stomach right now?!??! I am a planner, I like lists and calendar planners, but I have no idea what to even put on this list. I have so much to do now, and I don't know what any of it is.
how does one move 18 hours away with a cat? would I have to take her out on walks at rest stops?
I moved from PA to IL by car with 2 cats and a dog. It was a 20 hour drive, it sucked. I have no advice to offer other than good luck with that.
I moved about a 5 minute drive from my old place to my current place last fall.... she sat in the back window and let out the most tortured meows I've ever heard the entire way.. and tried to sit on my lap and climb all over me several times. and then hid under my bathtub for almost 3 days. I can't imagine moving her across the country. bahaha
You can go to the vet and get sedatives if your cat is going to be unhappy about the crate time. Other than that just put absorbent mats in there with her. The other option is to leave the cat with a friend and get a dog for your new place.
You can go to the vet and get sedatives if your cat is going to be unhappy about the crate time. Other than that just put absorbent mats in there with her. The other option is to leave the cat with a friend and get a dog for your new place.
BWAHAHAHAHA You really don't like those kitty cats Siggy.
You can go to the vet and get sedatives if your cat is going to be unhappy about the crate time. Other than that just put absorbent mats in there with her. The other option is to leave the cat with a friend and get a dog for your new place.
You can go to the vet and get sedatives if your cat is going to be unhappy about the crate time. Other than that just put absorbent mats in there with her. The other option is to leave the cat with a friend and get a dog for your new place.
BWAHAHAHAHA You really don't like those kitty cats Siggy.
I like some cats. But most of them don't get along with me.
o'neil and I just moved from SC to Salt Lake City in December. From the day we started packing till the day we arrived in Utah was 16 days. 16 grueling, demanding days. We used a U-Haul trailer with our pickup truck. 2300+ miles driven in about 48 hours with no overnight stops. The biggest thing we learned was: you don't really need all that much stuff. If it fit in the pickup truck or the trailer, we brought it. If not, it stayed behind. (Shoutout to custeph, who was an absolute lifesaver!)
Oh, and also, I realize it isn't between San Antonio and CO, but whatever you do, stay out of Arkansas.
We had a cat and dog in the back in a double decker pet motel too. Fun times.
Didn't realize this thread existed, so I'm piggy backing on it. Already some great advice in here but I'm bumping it to see if anyone else has anything to add. Particularly in the "finding a job from out of state" realm.
As many of you know I found out yesterday that I got into grad school at UT- Austin. Looks like I really am moving to Texas in August now. I really, truly thought I wasn't going to get in and therefore have made NO preparation for such a big move (happening in 5-6 months!)
For anyone who has moved across the country, or any out of state move, do you have any helpful tips or advice that could ease the overwhelming, terrifying, ball of stress feeling I have in my stomach right now?!??! I am a planner, I like lists and calendar planners, but I have no idea what to even put on this list. I have so much to do now, and I don't know what any of it is.
That's awesome, grats on getting into grad school!
Post by Paroxysm714 on Feb 22, 2015 12:46:24 GMT -5
I moved to LA from Atlanta in 2007 for grad school at UCLA. Flew with my bass guitar and shipped all my other belongings, which I didn't have a huge amount of because I was 22. This was also good because I was moving into half of a 750 sq ft apartment. The only thing that sucked was not having a car and having to lug all my boxes to the post office across Wilshire Blvd. 2 years later when I did the whole thing over again and moved back to Atlanta.
Didn't realize this thread existed, so I'm piggy backing on it. Already some great advice in here but I'm bumping it to see if anyone else has anything to add. Particularly in the "finding a job from out of state" realm.
That's awesome, grats on getting into grad school!
Thank you!!! It's official now too. I accepted admittance yesterday, filed my FAFSA, applied for scholarships (well, scholarship-TX is greedy with their free money), and I've begun the apartment search already.
The apartment hunting is proving to be the most nerve wrecking part. I know it's still early and I have time. But at the same time, a lot of apartments are geared towards students and I'm afraid they'll fill up fast. That and it seems every apartment in Austin has TERRIBLE reviews. I've seen everything from dog poop everywhere, roaches, leaks, broken appliances, car break- ins and robberies.... I may have to make another trip to Austin at some point before I move if I can get the money together.
That's awesome, grats on getting into grad school!
Thank you!!! It's official now too. I accepted admittance yesterday, filed my FAFSA, applied for scholarships (well, scholarship-TX is greedy with their free money), and I've begun the apartment search already.
The apartment hunting is proving to be the most nerve wrecking part. I know it's still early and I have time. But at the same time, a lot of apartments are geared towards students and I'm afraid they'll fill up fast. That and it seems every apartment in Austin has TERRIBLE reviews. I've seen everything from dog poop everywhere, roaches, leaks, broken appliances, car break- ins and robberies.... I may have to make another trip to Austin at some point before I move if I can get the money together.
Ouch. Unfortunately I don't have much advice for where to live in Austin, I lived on campus when I went to school there.
Apartment hunting will likely be my biggest hurdle once I finally find a job. Thankfully though, I have enough frequent flyer miles for about 4-5 roundtrip flights from San Antonio to Denver. So will definitely be using those to apartment hunt, and for interviews (hopefully soon).
You're going to see soooo many good shows living in Austin. I only get to go to a portion of the ones I want due to work and travel time from SA.
Thank you!!! It's official now too. I accepted admittance yesterday, filed my FAFSA, applied for scholarships (well, scholarship-TX is greedy with their free money), and I've begun the apartment search already.
The apartment hunting is proving to be the most nerve wrecking part. I know it's still early and I have time. But at the same time, a lot of apartments are geared towards students and I'm afraid they'll fill up fast. That and it seems every apartment in Austin has TERRIBLE reviews. I've seen everything from dog poop everywhere, roaches, leaks, broken appliances, car break- ins and robberies.... I may have to make another trip to Austin at some point before I move if I can get the money together.
Ouch. Unfortunately I don't have much advice for where to live in Austin, I lived on campus when I went to school there.
Apartment hunting will likely be my biggest hurdle once I finally find a job. Thankfully though, I have enough frequent flyer miles for about 4-5 roundtrip flights from San Antonio to Denver. So will definitely be using those to apartment hunt, and for interviews (hopefully soon).
You're going to see soooo many good shows living in Austin. I only get to go to a portion of the ones I want due to work and travel time from SA.
What degree are you going for?
Man, I wish I had flyer miles... Luckily there is this new airline (new to the US) called Spirit that flies into Dallas for crazy cheap, then I'd just have to get a rental and drive to Austin from there. Crazy cheapness makes that a real option. We'll see tho.. It maybe a two day trip at some point.
I'm going for a MA in Advertising. And I already know about all the shows that come through Austin. If I can afford to go to anything I'll be in heaven. I actually found an apartment on the back side of Emo's that I was seriously considering just because of that... But reviews included several complaints of roaches so that's out. I'm looking in that area tho (Riverside?) so wherever I end up ill probably be close. And Emo's is a venue I see on loooots of tour posters. Maybe if they have an outdoor stage I'll get some free music. Lol.
Luckily there is this new airline (new to the US) called Spirit that flies into Dallas for crazy cheap, then I'd just have to get a rental and drive to Austin from there. Crazy cheapness makes that a real option. We'll see tho.. It maybe a two day trip at some point.
Southwest goes to SA, and I'm pretty sure Austin too. I know JetBlue goes to Austin.
Luckily there is this new airline (new to the US) called Spirit that flies into Dallas for crazy cheap, then I'd just have to get a rental and drive to Austin from there. Crazy cheapness makes that a real option. We'll see tho.. It maybe a two day trip at some point.
Southwest goes to SA, and I'm pretty sure Austin too. I know JetBlue goes to Austin.
Spirit is like round trip for $100 cheap though. Nothing can really beat that. Shitty thing about them is that they only fly out of Cleveland (2hour drive from me as oppose to a 20min drive to the Columbus airport) and they don't have many flights. So it would depend what days I could get a flight and if they have any that actually work with my schedule. I'll look into JetBlue tho. Never used them.
Southwest goes to SA, and I'm pretty sure Austin too. I know JetBlue goes to Austin.
Spirit is like round trip for $100 cheap though. Nothing can really beat that. Shitty thing about them is that they only fly out of Cleveland (2hour drive from me as oppose to a 20min drive to the Columbus airport) and they don't have many flights. So it would depend what days I could get a flight and if they have any that actually work with my schedule. I'll look into JetBlue tho. Never used them.
be warned - spirit charges for anything above a backpack for luggage. they charge for just about anything, actually. so your cost can easily end up being similar to any other airline. that and their overall quality is shit and they end up being the most disorganized airline and usually get the short end of the stick when it comes to delays and cancellations.
Southwest goes to SA, and I'm pretty sure Austin too. I know JetBlue goes to Austin.
Spirit is like round trip for $100 cheap though. Nothing can really beat that. Shitty thing about them is that they only fly out of Cleveland (2hour drive from me as oppose to a 20min drive to the Columbus airport) and they don't have many flights. So it would depend what days I could get a flight and if they have any that actually work with my schedule. I'll look into JetBlue tho. Never used them.
Be warned, my friends daughter got royally fucked by spirit. Like flight moved back a month with no warning and no refund.
I've moved a million times. from NM to IN, from NC to OH, from OH to IL. just be organized. once you find out where you are working, look at places on line. when I moved from NM to IN I had a friend that found a place for me to live. when I moved from IN to NC brian was able to spend a weekend out there finding a place to live. when we moved from NC to OH we lived in a hotel with a 5 month old for a few weeks while we found a place to live as we only had 6 days notice of move. from OH to IL it was close enough that we spent a weekend out here and found an apartment and daycare. good times. it's stressful but totally exciting at the same time. getting the job is the biggest most nerve wracking step. after that, it's a breeze. we had movers for a couple of those moves but the rest I just rented a U-Haul, bought some boxes and went to town. it is truly amazing how much shit you are able to get rid of when you move yourself. just look at it as an adventure and let me know if you have any questions, I feel like I'm kind of a pro at this now
Are you married to a professional athlete or something? 6 days notice?
Last time I flew Spirit out of Minneapolis, the flight was supposed to depart around 2am or something. When I arrived at the airport I found out that the plane I was supposed to take at been struck by lightning during it's trip to Minneapolis and they wanted to check and make sure everything was fine with it before they sent it out again. The next flight was scheduled for 8:30am, a few hours later. I slept on the ground next to baggage claim for several hours though, so that was something.
Last time I flew Spirit out of Minneapolis, the flight was supposed to depart around 2am or something. When I arrived at the airport I found out that the plane I was supposed to take at been struck by lightning during it's trip to Minneapolis and they wanted to check and make sure everything was fine with it before they sent it out again. The next flight was scheduled for 8:30am, a few hours later. I slept on the ground next to baggage claim for several hours though, so that was something.
To address (and again sort of tangent from) the original post: Between 2006 and 2013 I've lived in five different cities, three countries, and something like eighteen different living situations. If I've learned anything from being so frequently displaced, it's that you really don't need most of the stuff you own and that doing the scarier thing is almost always the better thing to do. When I first moved to Minneapolis, my first two houses I lived in were with complete strangers and it was fucking weird as all hell, but it was awesome. The first house was attached to this shitty little pizza place, the ceiling was leaking, there were mice, one of my roommates was an alcoholic physics enthusiast. The second house I lived in after I got back from Australia was with nine 20-somethings who were all really good friends with each other and I was subleasing their favorite roommates room, the door to my room didn't lock, you could open the front door with a credit card, and they were fans of throwing parties for upwards of 200 people.
Anyway, my only advice to you would be to have faith in your ability to make the right decision and to not over-think anything. Basically my advice is to abide my the simple principles of Ockham's razor, now that I think about it.
Also, for what it's worth, Denver is one of the places I'm seriously considering moving to towards the end of this coming summer. I've already found several places where I could either rent with randoms or grab a smaller place to myself all within my price range and all reasonably distanced from downtown and nearby mass transit options.
Is there anyone here who currently lives or used to live in Denver that could provide Rothric some more Denver-oriented advice?