Did anyone just up and move to the Dallas area here? (Houston: apartment, rent)

[chef.sunny22]

My cousin lives in NY and wants to move with his family because he was laid off in January and can't find a job where he lives upstate.

Can you tell me a little about your experiences if you moved to Dallas/suburbs of Dallas without a job?

He says there are a lot more jobs in TX than where he lives,

He's in materials management/inventory/logistics.

Thanks for the replies. Good or bad experiences are welcome.

[amexicano]

Originally Posted by chef.sunny22

My cousin lives in NY and wants to move with his family because he was laid off in January and can't find a job where he lives upstate.

Can you tell me a little about your experiences if you moved to Dallas/suburbs of Dallas without a job?

He says there are a lot more jobs in TX than where he lives,

He's in materials management/inventory/logistics.

Thanks for the replies. Good or bad experiences are welcome.

Texas' unemployment rate is better than average but still ~7%. Moving anywhere with no job in hand is always extremely risky. Also, wages in Texas are usually lower than in the NE, so his expectations may not match reality.

My best advise would be for him to first secure a job offer and then spend some time visiting the city before making a final decision.

[chef.sunny22]

Thanks very much. He definitely doesn't want to go into a gold rush situation. However, they gave notice on their apartment and have to move. Where they live doesn't have ANY jobs in his field at all.

He may try to contact recruiters or employment agencies this week. Thanks again.

[ChristieP]

What field does he work in?

[love roses]

He might be able to find something in that line of work with one of the larger freight companies. Dallas has quite a lot of them. My husband is forever going either there or Houston for work (He's a contract driver). People are always needing management in those places.

[prenticect]

I moved out to TX from NE, but I already had the job. I have had my mom and in-laws move out without a job. My mom is more an office assistant. It took her about 2 months to find a job, that was 5 years ago. My father-in-law was fussy about jobs so it is taking a bit, but the starter wages are lower then he wanted.

Up-State NY is not all that rich either so the normal paying jobs up there should be comparable to there. AS long as you mean real upstate, not close to the city at all. I was born in upstate and there is a difference

I would suggest looking on job web sites and see if there are any jobs in the area. Heck even apply to them and see what happens. Worse case come out and rent an apt for a couple of months, cheap hotel sort of thing and work through the employment options. By then you will know for sure what is up.

Plus you will now which part of town you will want to live at. Traffic is a bit tricky if you are on the wrong end. So that could\would play into where you want to live. Say living on the east side of Mckinney and working south of Fort Worth would be a horrible daily commute.

There are many times of industries down here so it is a matter of looking and learning. Do research now to get to know what you want to apply.