I had a friend that did the regional western, and he hated it. The pay scale out west is lower thatn the rest of the country, but he did get close to 3k a week, but at .crap/mi. it still equalls $crap checks. He got fed up, went to Gordon, got fed up again(lol) and eventually moved back home...to Japan. Prevented me from jumping over to Gordon, that is fo sho.