I do not know a soul in Charlotte (employment, neighborhood)
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Your first priority should be attempting to procure employment followed by a domicile.
What is your background?
There are some places here that are hiring , but the list of applicants is lengthy.
Had I sufficient space and it was a life or death situation , I'd let you all reside in my apt. Try www.indeed.com. That's how I landed my current position.
Good Luck!!
And for 7-800 monthly , finding a place would be rather easy.
Avoid the north and westsides and you two should be fine.
Take it slow and easy...no rush. And don't be deterred by the warnings. It doesn't matter if we're at the apex of a booming economy or in the sag of a recession, the standard warnings always apply: get a job first, make sure you can support yourself when you move, etc. They're just underlined and bolded right now given the current job market.
All that said, MAKE THE MOVE! Plan it out, find a job or two, the rest will settle in. You can find somewhere to live in one day here. There are an abundance of apartments and rentals depending on your part of town. Traffic is a cake walk compared to south FL (my in laws used to live in Coral Springs), so you won't limit yourself to one small wedge of the city just to shave 15 minutes off your drive. The worst drives in town are in the 45-55 minute range...not ideal, but nothing compared to what a lot of other places in the country are used to...so don't let that limit your search areas for where to work and live.
We made the jump from Orlando over 2 years ago and haven't looked back. We knew no one, had no clue where to live...just a will to be somewhere better. Don't let the armchair economists discourage you from making your life better. But on the same note, don't rush in (because we all know who does that...). Plan it out and be responsible about it. Deciding that it's time to leave your current town and friends/family is half the battle. The rest is merely paperwork if you ask me.
This is truly the best advice I have ever been given, and yet I do not know you! I appreciate this more than you know.
EXCELLENT ADVICE!!! It is not necessary that folks know a single person in a new city. Once you get employed, everything will fall in place and you will meet new people all around you . . . just be systematic about this, as METALLISTEVE outlines and you can do it . . .
What he said was fabulous. Thank you for your support as well..
Don't forget to use this forum as well if/when you make the move. Let me add to that to also learn how to use this forum...meaning always bring your salt shaker and never make a final decision based on what's said here (neither good nor bad things). Come see it for yourself, drive through those neighborhoods for yourself, stay in a cheap motel for a week and pretend to live here for yourself. This forum can be a gold mine of info, but like real gold nuggets, that golden info can be hard to sort out from the rubble.
Info and advice that I've seen to be relatively accurate and as unbiased as you can get on the internet are on the topics of:
- traffic and commute times
- business recommendations (grocery stores, restaurants, stores)
- mass transit (CATS)
- Things to do/places to see (in town and nearby road trips...for example: mountain drives)
- Local special events (festivals, concerts, etc.)
Topics that straddle the line of being reliable (again, in my opinion):
- Good and bad neighborhoods (along with general parts of town)
- Schools
- Home builder reputations and quality of their product
A good piece of advice (that applies to any online forum or review) is to remember that only the bad seeds typically feel compelled to make a noise about their experience. Very rarely do people who have good experiences want to rant about it. Apartment reviews are the prime example. Only the tenants who had loud neighbors or a bad run-in with the management are going to get online and purposefully bash the place on every available outlet.
look harder there are jobs and they are hiring..if you want one they are out there..tough times mean you have to do things you didnt do before..it seems like there is alot of that going on around here..
look harder there are jobs and they are hiring..if you want one they are out there..tough times mean you have to do things you didnt do before..it seems like there is alot of that going on around here..
Yeah, we did what we had to do - we left Charlotte
Seriously, do not lecture me - we struggled for one solid year to stay in Charlotte doing a variety of jobs to keep our heads above water. But at some point you need a job in your field, not just to "get by", and they aren't to be found in Charlotte right now.
I agree South Charlotte is a good place to be! You are in the middle of everything.
Thanks. I will check out these websites.
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From experience...
