East of the Mississippi--does it matter?

i really gotta quit with the "locales" dilemma, but i've got one more scenario i need your help playing out:

i'll be "moving" to denver to get my CDL from a truck school, that's already established and paid for (so no comments about blasphemonious tuition fees, please), and i was planning on being hired out of denver because so many companies go through there.

but my trucker-aunt says her ex hubby can get me a PO box and a place to stay/camp out/headquarter myself in Dayton, OH.

for the sake of hire-ability, miles, loads, just a new trucking career in general, should i jump east of the mississippi--namely ohio--or should i just hunker down and stay close to where i --hopefully-- will obtain my CDL? and would giving a company my PO box address in a state i've never even been to be sufficient in them taking me on, or would they look at me funny for going to school way in colorado and having an address somewhere totally different?

 

kai,

as nitpicky as it probably sounds, i just want to stay out of vegas and drive the desert as little as possible. mountains, plains, forests, hurricanes, anything but the desert! (though i know i won't get much say in the matter, good thing most of america is not a shade of orange and yellow)

but i'm more concerned about job opp's and whether denver or "anywhere east of mississippi" will garner more attention from more companies coming right out of CDL school.

 

i did a speed-search on companies in ohio alone, i just about fell over from the number.

 

i read about the comfort zones...i seriously considered the exact zone you mentioned (209 if i recall?). but not going up into new england would depress me, i want to go everywhere i haven't been--and i've never been on the high side of the mason dixon line. so i'll run all 48 n suck it up when i hit the desert, and pray i don't break down. but one problem with swift: my aunt just started working for them n she says their new policy restricts minimum age to 23. idk why such a company as swift would make such a drastic move...but if that's true then i'm forced to take them off my list. she says it is and witnessed a kid go through orientation only to be turned away cuz he was 22, really now??

 

right, i just did my taxes too and it dawned on me i'd have to file taxes everywhere i make money, so i'll already have to file one next year for nevada AND a state to be determined. oh joy...

as for vehicles, i'm leaving mine in vegas for my mom to use as a backup. and for a while at least, my addy in ohio will be a po box number. should i just ask the guy i know there for his address or is a simple PO box okay? i guess if they're gonna slap it on my CDL then that might not be such a good idea...right?