A move south-a-ways

littlephil said:
My uncle wants to move south too, but he's afraid that he won't be able to find a job, or some such nonsense. He's worked at the same place for almost 18 years driving dump trucks and operating heavy equipment, I'd put money on it that he could have a job in just a couple days with that kind of work record.
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You'd "put money" on him finding a job quickly, so does that mean you'll pay him his normal salary until he lands a job? ;)

A funny thing happens when you get older - you assume responsibilities and have bills to pay, and you simply can't take the kinds of financial risks you could when you were younger.

Whether young or older, the smart thing to do is have a job offer in hand before moving. Otherwise, you risk being a burden to the person who's gonna pick up the slack on your behalf. Dreams are good, but plans are better.
 
I'm from Cleveland. I live in Alabama now. the winters are mild in comparison but the summers are brutal. the economy is bad for blue collar in most of the south unless you get a job at a car manufacturer, though its nothing as good as it was up north.

if you have I.T. skills that's another story as white collar jobs are not effected as much by region demographics.
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This....

I lived in the upper midwest most of my life. Didn't really care for the winters much myself but the summers in Tennessee are far worse. The heat is brutal 5 months of the year. I'm not sure if I'll ever get used to it.

Good paying blue collar jobs are not that abundant down here either. I got lucky and got on with the TVA 6 years ago....now I can't afford to give up my job to move someplace that isn't like a pressure cooker in the summer!
 
I am in Tennessee. I have lived in TX, KY, and TN but have traveled often to NC, SC, GA, AL, and a few trips to MS, LA, and FL. My career moves have been dominantly controlled by job opportunities.

I like TN, after you get into the hills moving west to east. My favorite areas are East TN. I also like North GA, North AL, western NC. I always eliminated NC from my choices as cost of living and taxes which seemed to be higher than where I eventually settled. Again, jobs took me to each state.

Job opportunities are where you find them and depends on your experience and credentials. Generally the better opportunities are in or near the larger urban areas in TN. SE TN, North GA, and North AL have been in a growth mode since the auto plants started building and opening new plants. There is a lot of other related industry that grows around these kinds of economic development.

As far as guns go, pretty much TN, KY, AL, GA and MS are similar.

Sporting activities vary with the area.

I would personally choose to stay north of an East-West line drawn through Atlanta. However, Atlanta has a lot to offer if you like or prefer the big city life. I can't stand the heat of FL or Southern GA, AL, or MS.
 
Doyle, I can't really say that I have a "profession" exactly. Around here you pretty much take what you can get job wise. I have experience making plastic, doing services on dump trucks and some heavy equipment as well as basic operation of said trucks and equipment, I've run farm tractors, I've worked retail, worked on a walnut tree farm, and in vocational school I took natural resources. We learned proper operation of chainsaws, used power tools and hand tools to build several projects, learned trapping techniques and acquired our boating licences, and learned business management among other things.

MrBorland, sorry for the misinterpretation, that was my way of saying that I'd bet he could have a job lined up within a day or two of turning in resumes. Believe me, I don't think I've ever seen him rush into anything. That man has patience beyond belief when it comes to waiting for the right opportunity for something.

Rimfire, I think I'm leaning more towards northern AL at the present time. Thank you very much for your advice on the states.
As far as summer goes, at this point I'll gladly take the heat. (I know I may regret saying that one day, but hey, you live and you learn) :D Like I said, I hope to have a summer home here that I can come back to eventually if the heat proves to be too much. Thanks for all the advice so far.
 
Central Texas is the place to live.

1. Lots of opportunities for starting your own business or starting a career. The economy is one of the best, if not the best, in the nation.

2. The people are friendly and relatively moderate in their social and political perspectives. Most importantly, people are tolerant and open minded (just think about the fact that Central Texas is a blue bastion in a red state; that tells you how diverse and accepting people are of each other's differences).

3. Recreational opportunities are plentiful, from music to destination spots, to live events. We have it all.

4. The dining options are varied and broad. I've had $10 dinners at spectacular hole-in-the-wall joints to $400/per person suit and tie dinners. Any cultural food you can think of, we have it.

5. State NFA law follow Federal NFA laws. From machine guns to silencers, you can have them all.

6. It is a relatively peaceful place to live and invest.

Come to central Texas. I can't vouch for the rest of the state.
 
Everyone talks about east, west and central TX, but they never mention the south. Corpus Christi is really nice, if you don't mind the occasional hurricane. :)
 
That's true. I forgot about south Texas.

1. They have good fishing.

2. They have good fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

3. They have good deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

4. They have good fishing off the beaches.

5. They have good fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, so long as there isn't a hurricane.

I think I got everything.

:p
 
I live in Western North Carolina, The mountains a great place to live jobs are here if you have the skills. The hiking camping fishing hunting trail riding. Have my own range in the front yard
 
N. Alabama

We're in the Huntsville/Florence area. There is a strong "gun culture" here, the state has public ranges on the WMA's that only require the purchase of an affordable use permit annually. Lots of gun shops and pawn shops to browse, common rainy day, or summer practice of my and pals. There are local gun clubs and leagues to be found w/o much looking.

Hunting seasons are long and liberal......5 gobblers every spring in the month to month and a half bird season, .....

Deer bag can vary by region, in my area 3 antlered bucks in the two and a half month deer gun season. Count in bow and muzzleloader,and deer season runs 3 and a half months. The doe limit is two a DAY, that's right, a day, .....many fellas have killed a BUNCH of whitetails over the course of a lifetime.

There is not a lot of public land, though there are state WMA's. and some National Forest Land. These may or may not be heavily hunted....typically the scheduled gun hunts are pretty crowded. Most serious hunters get in a lease/club, for about the cost of a cheap rifle, you can have some private land to hunt.

Food plots and shooting houses abound.....likely 75% of all deer taken are shot from a shooting house window on a green field. Dog deer hunting still practiced...but the old custom is dying.

Snake, tick and skeeter country, but about all the South is.

Concealed carry permits issue from the Sheriff's Office for a minor fee and are broadly issued annually. Individual and firearms are run NCIC...pay the fee...good to go.
 
Concealed carry permits issue from the Sheriff's Office for a minor fee and are broadly issued annually.
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That is still one of the "odd ball" things in AL - hold over from the Jim Crow days so that local sheriffs could deliberatly withhold permits from certain people they wanted to excercise power over.

Wasn't there a bill in state legislature last year that would have changed that?
 
Tony, I like the personal range perk, that's how it is at my dad's place here. Though we don't really have a range exactly, but he's got a huge front yard with a hill behind it.

Bamaranger, those seasons and bag limits are crazy. Our deer gun season is a week long and we're only allowed one antlered deer the entire season. For al while we got an extra weekend for gun season, but our deer population is down significantly from previous years. I don't mind snakes much, up here where I grew up we got skeeters big enough to hit with a scattergun though. :D But I absolutely despise ticks, though in the summer we have an abundance of those too. I'll definitely check into Alabama.

Thanks for all the replies!
 
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