What is the easiest way to move somewhere new without knowing anyone in that area or having a job in that area?

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"The easiest way" might be different depending on what kind of person one is and what one wants out of life and on one's means, but here is my suggestion - based on over three score years of regularly moving, from home to home and from country to country.

Buy a Mobile Home / Trailer / Caravan, and a vehicle powerful enough to tow it. That way, you dont need to know anyone in the area you want to move to, your outgoings will be low, if you dont mind doing various things to work temp or casual, you will meet a lot of people quickly, and if you find you after all dont like the new area or the people in it you just drive off to somewhere else!

Alterntives might be, in summer, use a tent. Or if you are alone, just rent a room as a lodger, or sleep in a YHA hostel or similar. If money is real tight, sleep in the back of the car! You can go into a posh hotel every few days to breakfast, and ask to use a bath - the staff will often, for a tip, let you use an empty room so you can change and clean up. You can say how you'r doing a self-build and there are no facilities on site, for example.

If you like comfort above all and have a generous budget, just go to the area and stay in the best hotel. Go the round of Estate Agents, banks, etc and while doing so, looking for properties, secretly look out for job opportunities / businesses to acquire.

If you have enough time, it would be sensible to holiday in the area for a few times, getting to know people there and feeling your way in, including looking for work if that is what you need. Remember, owning is cheaper than renting, and working for one's self is better than working for anyone else!

Brian

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I'm trying to do that right now, move to North Carolina from the northeast, plan and simple it is not easy. employers actually state in there open positions 'only hiring city residents' etc. It's a catch-22, You need a job to move there, but you can't move till you have one. It sucks!

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The same for me also. I am relocating to Charlotte area and I keep getting that you have to live here before we can hire you. This is BS.

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Hey Something you can do is to go to the local post office and get a p.o. box there and use that as your local address, get a prepaid cell like simple freedom or tracfone and use the p.o. box so that it will register you as local. They can't say anything then. Or even better Get a skype phone if you have a broadband connection and use the place your moving to for the local number it can give you, It's $60 a year all together that unlimited calling and a local number. It's just like a prepaid cell except you can live in North Dakota and have a Charlotte number and noone knows the different and won't use anyminutes. So your looking at a total of 60 for the fone and about 20-25 for 6 months for the po box so $85 at most will register you as a local in the town. Hope that helped.

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