Moving Down South ???

Well in CT we pay car taxes every year, state tax weekly, and they are looking to put tolls pack in the state no breaks in this state so looking for a state with perks lol... My aunt is telling me Georgia is very nice but will have to do more research on it , the good thing is fellas im not in a rush yet lol

Sorry for getting back so late fellas, a few things im looking for down south is I want to be away from the snow, low crime, lower taxes, cheaper housing because im paying a arm and a leg for rent In CT lol good trucking location wanna drive van... Thanks for all of your feed back so far !!!!!

You're hard pressed to get away from snow, even in the south... Dallas has been getting a lot of snow just about every year I have lived in Texas, hill country around san antonio too... it's not as much as northern states but in an area where people don't know how to drive in snow it's worse than the north. when it snows in Texas the city it hits just about shuts down cause the people think it's the end of the world.

crime is gonna be a problem in any city no matter what part of usa. you want lower crime you need to live in small towns or middle of nowhere places, now if you can afford to live in nicer parts of town then you can find lower crime area in big cities.

lower taxes... don't come to Texas haha... taxed on just about everything in one way or another... see my post above for more info on that haha

cheaper housing... come to san antonio... one of the lowest cost of livings in the usa. ironic right... gas is cheaper here than most other states, apartment rent is ok, food is decently priced, etc but you still pay a lot in taxes and fees to city and state governments.

i don't know if san antonio is a good home point for trucking... don't care to much either cause i'm gonna give up my apartment after i start trucking.

hope this helps a little to stear you away from Texas... In my opinion it takes a certain mind set to appreciate texas... i don't have that mind set.

I lived in san antonio texas for 9 years and I never came close to seeing snow. I've lived in tampa, florida for about 5 years now and the winters are the reason why I've stayed I think. There isn't one. I've lived in 2 different places and neither one of them even had a heater. I had to bust out the portable heater 2 times maybe 3 for the entire winter. I like the Florida heat better then the Texas dry heat. It seems to be personal preference but both places are the best during the winter. I think Texans are much easier to become friendly with then floridians.

I lived in san antonio texas for 9 years and I never came close to seeing snow. I've lived in tampa, florida for about 5 years now and the winters are the reason why I've stayed I think. There isn't one. I've lived in 2 different places and neither one of them even had a heater. I had to bust out the portable heater 2 times maybe 3 for the entire winter. I like the Florida heat better then the Texas dry heat. It seems to be personal preference but both places are the best during the winter. I think Texans are much easier to become friendly with then floridians.

the 3 winters I have spent in San Antonio have not had any snow either but the surrounding hill country has gotten some the last 2 years. I would not say San Antonio is a dry heat... not anymore at least. This summer we have averaged about 65-80% humidity almost every day since March. I have lived in dry heat climates and I even lived in Houston (almost always 90+% humidity) and trust me san antonio is not a dry heat, point of fact I was just in arizona and so cal back in may... much much different climate. I know florida is the champion of humidity though.

It's been to long since I have lived in FL and I was just a young child back then so I can't comment on their friendliness. Texans are kind of different. I have found a lot of them have over inflated heads and think everything about Texas is great... when so many of them have never even been outside of the state or only been to one or two others. I also really hate the drivers here, it drives me nuts every day I have to put up with them and I think san antonio is the worst, I swear it seems like most drivers here never learned how to drive, the stupidity level is un measurable it's so high.

I would really like to live in Asheville, NC or Front Royal, VA if I couldn't live in california again, but cost of living in Asheville is quite high, don't know about Front Royal. Those are both places I worked in last year in AmeriCorps, great experiences and created lasting positive memories, including a team mate of mine that I didn't like getting stung 13 times (in 1 stinging session) by a yellow jacket nest... she was a royal b to me and some others on my team so the way I see it... Karma... I never did get along with her and she's one of only a few people I ever really disliked in AmeriCorps, but that's going into another story :)

I moved to Florida from Illinois 2 years ago. Except for the 13 months I just spent driving OTR I absolutely love Florida. But let me give you a heads up about this state. Most people are friendly. From what I find the native Floridians are nice and the rudest people are the Northeast snowbirds or the multitudes that have flocked down here from there. Driving here is a challenge as you either get blue hairs driving 10 under the speed limit, or Northeasterners driving 15 over within the same few blocks mile after mile. But all of that is esthetics. The real issue with Florida is the job market. As a truck driver, this is probably one of the more difficult states in the country to find employment as a driver. The market is so flooded companies are very picky with whom they hire. A good company will have over 200 applicants per position. The closer you live to a major city the easier it will be to find a job. Unless of course you want to do the OTR thing and then the finding a job thing is a piece of cake.

I lived in san antonio texas for 9 years and I never came close to seeing snow. I've lived in tampa, florida for about 5 years now and the winters are the reason why I've stayed I think. There isn't one. I've lived in 2 different places and neither one of them even had a heater. I had to bust out the portable heater 2 times maybe 3 for the entire winter. I like the Florida heat better then the Texas dry heat. It seems to be personal preference but both places are the best during the winter. I think Texans are much easier to become friendly with then floridians.

the 3 winters I have spent in San Antonio have not had any snow either but the surrounding hill country has gotten some the last 2 years. I would not say San Antonio is a dry heat... not anymore at least. This summer we have averaged about 65-80% humidity almost every day since March. I have lived in dry heat climates and I even lived in Houston (almost always 90+% humidity) and trust me san antonio is not a dry heat, point of fact I was just in arizona and so cal back in may... much much different climate. I know florida is the champion of humidity though.

It's been to long since I have lived in FL and I was just a young child back then so I can't comment on their friendliness. Texans are kind of different. I have found a lot of them have over inflated heads and think everything about Texas is great... when so many of them have never even been outside of the state or only been to one or two others. I also really hate the drivers here, it drives me nuts every day I have to put up with them and I think san antonio is the worst, I swear it seems like most drivers here never learned how to drive, the stupidity level is un measurable it's so high.

I would really like to live in Asheville, NC or Front Royal, VA if I couldn't live in california again, but cost of living in Asheville is quite high, don't know about Front Royal. Those are both places I worked in last year in AmeriCorps, great experiences and created lasting positive memories, including a team mate of mine that I didn't like getting stung 13 times (in 1 stinging session) by a yellow jacket nest... she was a royal b to me and some others on my team so the way I see it... Karma... I never did get along with her and she's one of only a few people I ever really disliked in AmeriCorps, but that's going into another story :)

I wasn't necessarily inferring that Floridians were unfriendly per se. I just got along better in texas. I like florida weather better