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I couldn't live in a day cab 5.5 days out of the week. Go back to dollar general? What happened to gong from Nevada to Chicago?

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Arctic_fox said: ↑

Not disageeing. Though its not just simple living. My car insurance wrnt from 550 a month to 200 a month. My rent for a simular or better apartment to what i had in KC is about half what i was when i left. Fuel is cheaper. Food and such are cheaper. Even my utilitys are around a third of what they were. Then there is how much better the people of SD are in my experince then in many other places. Even many vehicle types are way cheaper here then elsewhere.

So you are correct its everything added up. That being said jobs here are a lot more limited and if i ever left bones my options for anything near as good are slim at best. Luxury items are also way more expensive. Cigars for example i stock up on in missouri since they cost almost 5 times as much as in missouri.

That said there are also intangables to be considered. I.e nicer people, climate, hospital access ect that can offset financial stuff. Personally SD is the first place in my life thst felt like home. Everywhere else was just a place i slept and kept my crap so im biased as hell.
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Well said. I have also found my home as apposed to just another place to sleep.

I live in WA state which is quasi no income tax. But as mentioned by others they throw sales tax on every thing including labor charges and have significant payroll taxes to contend with (hence the quasi no income tax). Slight advantage to my location is I'm a bit over an hour to Oregon which is no sales tax. So if it is a significant cost item like shop tools, tractor attachments, appliances, bulk purchase building material, and such I can save the sales tax by running down there to purchase.

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I couldn't live in a day cab 5.5 days out of the week. Go back to dollar general? What happened to gong from Nevada to Chicago?
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Back to DG. My old boss just got back to me. He said yes. I would be on Jet Set, so keep the Nevada license.

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@Chi Town Steers sent you a PM with a better option then schnider. Cant promise it will be what your looking for but it pays #### good and they treat you like family. Hell if your lucky you will get @motocross25 training you. Though after his last trainee he may nope out lol.
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Very cool! Thanks for looking out! I’m interested!

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Where ya located at ? We can get you on down here in Phoenix running flatbed on the west coast if ur interested.. I think my company is hiring rookies now for a reduced pay package. Full flatbed training. No ######## from dispatch to put up with
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I have a Vegas drivers license. I like flat bedding. Thanks for the heads up. How do I get more info?

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It’s not my business and this is just an opinion, people make way too big of a deal out of “no state income tax”. I was born and raised in South Dakota. Spent 15 years of my adult life in Montana. Returned to South Dakota. And now I’m in Nebraska. It’s a wash. I didn’t all the sudden have a bunch more money when I returned to South Dakota.

South Dakota had no state income tax but you pay sales tax on everything. Montana has income tax but no sales tax. Nebraska has both. At the end of the year it doesn’t matter a whole lot.

I’d figure out where I wanted to live for sure, and pursue jobs in that area. Doesn’t have to be local work, but at least a company that has a local presence.
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For me it made sense. I have hardly any bills except living expenses. I don’t really spend much money. My second largest bill every month was paying Illinois, right behind the feds.

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My regular practice is to investigate my last/pas employer when I need a job. It's a tough situation. I don't know what I would do.
I know what I would want to do but laying waste to a village and then salting the earth sounds like a lot of work so there's probably a better idea.
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I’m not going to start any fires!

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Having been in this since the 80’s, having that boss you genuinely like and have on your side is more important than most of the other things in this industry.

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Please release me, let me gooooooooo............
'cause I don't want to be here anymooooooooore......

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Chi Town Steers said: ↑

I have a Vegas drivers license. I like flat bedding. Thanks for the heads up. How do I get more info?
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I sent you a pm

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