O'Reilly Auto Parts Delivery/Route driver

Yep. Victorville used to be a nice, isolated area. Then the housing market pushed the lesser fortunate and the riff raff up to our area. The amount of commuter workers there is insane.

But everytime I went into Kingman, I felt at home there too. Of course while Kingman has obviously grown, it's far enough away from any major urban centers to still stand on its own.

 

If you constantly run from "Californization" you'll never get anywhere you want to be. Sure it's nice to live in Small town that hasn't seen production, but you'll never find that job you're looking for unless you accept that development is a way of life

 

I'll accept it, but it doesn't mean I'll have to like or respect it. All those god awful, high rise condos and the airheads that inhabit them. I'm just not sure how long I'd last in an urban area before something crazy happens and I'm banished. They're nice places to visit, but difficult places to live in.

I'm 34 now, but I'll probably end up being that grouchy guy who goes to work and tries to get inside my place before someone starts bugging me. At least out here, I'm generally left alone.

So ultimately, it'll happen. I just don't plan on making many friends. Focus on work, get my bills paid off, and try not to sink into a dark mode of thinking when my days off hit. Or just work as many days until it's time for a reset.

As far as this city living thing goes, this is probably the first thread where some other truckers were actually suggesting the idea of escaping the country into the big city. It's usually the other way around. But if it's merely for money reasons, I guess that's okay. The speed, people, and culture of the city could be easily ignored.

 

That's just it. I don't love the city and don't live in one, but I also know that to make a better living for myself and my fiancé, it'll have to happen at some point.

 

There used to be a big billboard sign in SW Colorado that said;
"I'D RATHER SEE A COW THAN A CONDO"

 

How far out do you guys want to be? Here in the Midwest, you can have the best of both worlds.

I live in the 15th largest city in the nation, but we have many drivers who live out in the country and only commute 30 minutes or so. Leaving our terminal, I could take skinny roads only and be out in the middle of nowhere in no time.

Our terminal in Indy, which is across the street from Estes, is just a few miles south of the circle on 65. It's the same way, outside of the city proper and just a couple miles from farmland.

 

Same here, we got guys that travel anywhere from 20 min to a hr to get to the shop. Every one of them is in tge boonies

 

Well, I currently bicycle commute 6-7 miles back and forth to my job.

 

Nice! I wish I could do that.

 

I'm in my early-mid 20's. I work M-F usually about 10 hours a day sometimes more (this is trucking) and I'll easily break 65-70k this year.

I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with me wanting that and I left a few decent jobs behind to find it.

What kills me are the guys who stick around driving OTR for less than 40k and seem happy with it, and those guys are for the most part well older than I am.