North or South?????

My friend I graduated high school with lives down the road and he was at schneider for a year. He was home every weekend running southeast regional for a year until he went to maverick and then finally on to Mcpherson oil where he is now and is home every night. You have to start somewhere.

Now that I think about it, there are other factors you might want to consider. Cost of living. If you plan on buying a house, last year I bought a 3,000sq ft house with a full basement and 6 acres of land in a medium-large city for $145k and the house is fairly new (built in 1993). Go up north and price the same size house. You will pay a fortune even for an apartment. How about gas? I'm not sure what gas prices are up north but here they are $2.99/gal today. How are you going to heat your house in the winter? Most of my friends up north have diesel generators they run all winter to heat the house because they said the electricity/natural gas bill would be astronomical. These are all things you want to take into consideration. Not just where you want to run. If you want to keep more money in your pocket and not spend a lot of your check on bills, the south is where you want to be.

If you are that worried about humidity, the northern portions of MS, AL, and GA aren't as humid and they get colder in the winter. TN is nice during the summer and not as hot as where I am in Alabama (about an hour east of bham on I-20) but they get snow during the winter. They also have salt trucks and take care of the roads where we do not. We throw out sand and all that does is make nasty ice/snow. We don't get nice fluffy snow like they do in the north. Ours is usually only about an inch deep and crunchy.

 

From one NCO to another SFC Shirley,,,, I started with SNI back in 2008, they trained me and were recommended by a friend of many years. I stayed with them for 3 years and I don't have anything to complain about. I left simply, because I wanted something different so, I went to TMC and pulled a flatbed. I have heard since I left in 2011 that being a tanker is the way to go with SNI but I did just fine pulling a van. I still suggest noobie's go to SNI rather than any other mega carrier. Do you have anyone else in mind?

 

I live just north of the AL, GA state line's and on a mountain top. We get about an inch or two of snow a year but, the summers are awesome..... I like AL, GA, NC, SC, VA & WV but, TN will stay my home....

 

former upstate New Yorker here, Hudson valley, the summer humidity was around 80% and 85 degrees. not very comfortable at all.

Oh, and no a/c back then. '60's and '70's.

same as here in NC, just didn't last as long. lol.

Wyoming, Green River, was a real short summer and brutal winter. -40 air temp.

 

I was to get 20 yrs and retire as an E-7 from the Guard I would be lucky to $1500 a month,,,I just can't bank on that but, you earned it comrade with 24 yrs on Active Duty... That was 24 yrs of your life, in the Guard it is part time..lol HOOAH!