Are there any companies that hire rookies that don’t run nyc?

My dad started in trucking with NAVL, general freight. He had a single axle GMC Jimmy cabover. I've got PTSD from that truck and I just went on 2-5 trips.

 

Company Driver: Long Haul Van ($95,000-$105,000/yr - 48 State) | Fremont Contract Carriers
No forced NYC.

 

Bro...WHAT?!! Finally, someone who understands. At least with NYC, you know what you're getting. Mind you, much of it depends on what segment you're in (van/flat/tank/OD), but for the most part, at least in my experience, there's only a certain few places you can even get to with a full 53-footer, much less get out of. Plus, NYC has the trucker map, and more often than not, if you do get stuck, a couple people if not NYPD itself may come out and help out.

With Pittsburgh (and true, same with NYC, too), you better know a/ exactly where you're going, b/ exactly how to get there, and c/ at least three other ways to get there because at any point in time, your route is detoured due to road construction, a closed bridge or tunnel, or a road done gave way, or something. Oh and then there's the low clearances and ungodly amount of one-way routes. And all that's before we even get into the stupid-steep hills and slopes you have to contend with in parts, along with the narrow-behind streets. Oh and...ain't nobody finna help you out with NOTHING. All that was bad enough living there as a normal resident, but then going back up in there as a trucker? Mannn...that'll test your nads quick.