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re: How are people able to just up and move states like it’s nothing and why
Posted on 4/9/26 at 6:39 am to bad93ex
Posted on 4/9/26 at 6:39 am to bad93ex
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Where in Texas is it not ridiculously hot for half of the year and still have plenty of amenities?
Not to mention that, "staying off the company's radar because of the no state income tax", whatever that means, also applies to TN.
This reads like AI slop.
ETA: On second glance, is OP saying he moved states but didn’t let the company know? That’s a bold move.
This post was edited on 4/9/26 at 7:46 am
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Posted on 4/9/26 at 6:43 am to Galloglaich
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Are people just mainly getting the corporate escort?
This helps a lot
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Last, it was just 25 year old me with enough stuff to pack in a U-Haul trailer and tow with my truck
This is also what a lot of people do. If you don’t have kids or a wife yet, it’s MUCH easier to move
Posted on 4/9/26 at 6:45 am to BabyTac
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Just find job opportunities at like companies in your industry located elsewhere, apply, interview, move.
I’m a plant baw. It’s not like they have plans everywhere. Plus I’m a crawfish aficionado. What do you suggest?
Posted on 4/9/26 at 6:49 am to Galloglaich
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It was easier to stay off my company’s radar because of the no state income tax.
You could have paid taxes/filed (manually).
Left LA Edwards-Duke era. Swore never to return. Three states later, realized f’d up LA politics was nothing compared to f’d up blandness spirit (or lack thereof) of people and place in many other places.
Returned to LA to raise family…with family and LA culture.
Let kids free, so to speak, into economic opportunities (ie, left LA) during college for both. Cost / benefit of LA and elsewhere flipped.
Now retired and live in LA and elsewhere (near kids). Balance of both worlds does a soul good.
That’s my why.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 6:53 am to Galloglaich
The timing of this is crazy. Im blue collar but in a similar place in life. I dont have wife and kids so work is my main priority. Being from one of the lowest paying states in the US it doesnt make sense to not consider relocating. I hope my experience works out as well as yours has. I had a tally thought Id done it by April. I had a couple road blocks but its on God's time not mine and Im okay with that today
Posted on 4/9/26 at 6:55 am to Upperdecker
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The % of this board that has moved out of state on their own accord is likely lower than the % of this board that has never left the state at all
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:08 am to schwartzy
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Nashville is miserable half the year?
I was being generous lol. Nashville weather is only enjoyable the first two weeks of November!
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:24 am to Galloglaich
I grew up with a dad in the Army, moving was a way of life.
It is not that deep, just move.
It is not that deep, just move.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:30 am to Galloglaich
I have lived in multiple places sometimes corporate moves but also several times for personal reasons.
When it’s personal it was more of a challenge - in part because I owned my own firm for two of them and moving in that situation was a complete reset. Not fun. My last move for personal reasons led to me selling my business and returning to an employee status. The upside is the position is a remote one and I’m valuable to the firm. The downside is I’m making someone else a ton of money. I’m reasonably compensated for the most part but if the thing I’m working on right now produces the way I think it can my comp is going to need to increase or I’ll be done.
When it’s personal it was more of a challenge - in part because I owned my own firm for two of them and moving in that situation was a complete reset. Not fun. My last move for personal reasons led to me selling my business and returning to an employee status. The upside is the position is a remote one and I’m valuable to the firm. The downside is I’m making someone else a ton of money. I’m reasonably compensated for the most part but if the thing I’m working on right now produces the way I think it can my comp is going to need to increase or I’ll be done.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:34 am to Chef Curry
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I would do it in a heartbeat but my wife refuses. I could easily transfer to Mississippi where taxes, insurance, and cost of living are significantly cheaper than Baton Rouge. The particular area of MS has great public schools meaning we’d save an extra 20k per year. But, women do not think logically.
Or your wife is prioritizing different considerations?
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:35 am to Galloglaich
We did it with a big moving truck.
Idk how others do it.
Idk how others do it.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:41 am to Galloglaich
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How are people able to just up and move states like it’s nothing and why
It depends on how desperate you are and what you're willing to sacrifice, some are more willing to sacrifice than others while some don't have as much to sacrifice in the first place. The term "hobo" became popular post-Civil War as many people left their home with just some clothing and food to look for work (the etymology of the word has various theories, to me the abbreviation for "homeward bound" is most descriptive as it builds on the idea that they travelled places to find work and then eventually travelled home).
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:46 am to Galloglaich
Cant speak for other people, but for me it’s b/c i lack what is commonly referred to as the ‘fear of the unknown’…. Not sure why, just all my life have never understood that fear.. i actually have the opposite ‘fear’- if things start to feel a little too familiar, a little too routine- then i start feeling antsy, and a little bit nervous.. in any case, it’s what’s allowed me to easily move to a half-dozen different states, usually for work reasons, and then eventually to move out of the country … im sure a psychologist would have a field day with me, and sometimes my lack of ‘fear of the unknown’ has been to my detriment- but most of the time it’s actually helped me a great deal… besides, id much rather have whatever ive got, than to feel tied down and afraid to make a move for what might be a better- or even a life-changing- opportunity .
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:50 am to Upperdecker
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The % of this board that has moved out of state on their own accord is likely lower than the % of this board that has never left the state at all
Leaving Louisiana 22 years ago was the best decision I’ve ever made. I miss my family a lot but just because they stayed and put up with all the crap doesn’t mean I wanted to raise a family amidst the bullshite.
This post was edited on 4/9/26 at 7:52 am
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:51 am to Galloglaich
quote:then what are you bitching about.
Last, it was just 25 year old me with enough stuff to pack in a U-Haul trailer and tow with my truck.
Try moving when you have a two income house hold and your coordinating relocating two jobs, you own a home that you would have to sell to buy another home, and you have three kids to transfer into new schools.
25yo, single, renting an apartment is about the easiest it will ever be to pick up and move.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:51 am to Galloglaich
Was easy for me and the wife. I've moved a bazillion times already because of the military, wife got a great job offer in Idaho, and I was tired of living in LivePDs star location, with all that comes with that "distinction."
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:52 am to Galloglaich
This sounds like a reddit post from someone that has anxiety.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:52 am to Galloglaich
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How are people able to just up and move states like it’s nothing and why
A lot of them are liberals who burned bridges where they were… especially appealing to women who essentially press reset on their lives
Posted on 4/9/26 at 8:27 am to facher08
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A part of my family moved to Louisiana from Tennessee in a covered wagon.
Mine too, but not in a covered wagon, and not by choice. Trail of Tears
Posted on 4/9/26 at 8:35 am to Galloglaich
I have twice...
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