Move west young man.....(a little long)

Sheesh. NM gets trashed by any and everyone on any forum I go to. ABQ high crime has nothing on the high desert areas/general SoCal area I ran away from eight years ago. I live in Clovis NM at the moment and make some okay money with the milk hauling out here, but am looking at getting into fuel hauling or some other consistently paying gig myself. I mean, the only truth out here is the job market being kind of iffy and anything that is hiring is usually where I'm at, or in the SE corner of the state where the oil is(One thing I have noticed is oil field towns seem to have nicer amenities due to oil revenue sort of flowing back into communities. Agriculture communities, not so much. Dairy farmers tend to be on the stingy side based on my experience with them).

Of course one thing about NM is the fact that we seem to have extremes on both ends of the income field. We've either got the poorest/least educated areas(Some of ABQ and anything not connected to the 25 corridor), or the wealthiest/highest educated areas(places in the north-central mountains like Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos and Las Cruces). I'd say give it a shot and you'll find a way to make it work. I know I did. But now I'm either faced with: going long haul, finding another local milk outfit(ain't gonna do that), find a fuel job in ABQ, oil hauling in the SE, or I might have to hit up CO or UT to get this mountain of debt(pickup truck and credit cards. No GF/Wife/kids either, I just spend like a queen, lol). Pay it all down and boogie on back down here.

UT seems alright despite the cold. Gun friendly and no issues with trucks, diverse economy, low rents in most places with population. I like Boulder, but the rest of that Denver metro area brings back PTSD of California. I mean, you move up there new and expect to meet some new neighbors. The minute they say: "We moved here from Santa someplace, CA.", I back away and run back into my hiding spot. At least I didn't have the displeasure of being born there. That's like a Scarlet Letter.

 

You don’t have to stay inside all the time. Lol

 

I don't notice the heat in Las Vegas/Henderson.
On the strip it's hot because there's no breeze due to all the buildings.
Heat isn't noticed much in Henderson because it's on the high ground for the most part. Where I live, I look down to see the strip and have a nice breeze in my community most of the time. Streets don't flood in Henderson either during rare heavy rainfalls. We're on high ground and water runs down hill.

 

And it’s only hot in direct sunlight! Ha ha

 

I'd like to know where the low rent in the population zone is.

Even the bad areas are over priced.

 

You mean renting a house or apartment?

 

About three months ago a friend of mine moved to Vegas because her mom lives there. She found out after signing a lease on an apartment that’s $1300 a month that the local jobs suck. Her mom ended up moving in to her apartment to take over the lease and my friend is back out on the road making money. It’s not all sunshine and roses.

 

Doesn't work for everyone. I know one woman that averages $75K dealing cards. She went to school here to learn that. Severe broken English when she started school. By the time she finished card dealing school, her English was almost perfect. Hard work and late night hours of studying; nothing was going to stop her from living the dream here.
I know another woman that makes $25.00 hr. working in hotel maintenance.
Both women are immigrants and came here with nothing. When a person has nothing, there's no way to go but up.
I know several more examples of success in Nevada. Much depends on a persons mindset and aggressiveness in the workforce. Some have only been here a few years and already have a home paid for; they don't waste even a penny in their daily life.

 

Well the OP was asking about driving jobs, not dealing cards so....that doesn’t really change the fact that the local driving jobs pay jack squat.

 

Your post didn't say "local driving", just said "local jobs."
There's line haul jobs here that pay really well.
Estes Express
Old Dominion
Reddaway
ABF
YRC
Oak Harbor Freight
Clean Harbors
etc.