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Hey! I'm a 18 year old male from suburban Minneapolis ...
So I guess what I'm asking is what kind of careers would I need to look at in order to live someplace I would want to? And what are some good rural areas to live? ...
You don't mention what skills or aptitudes you have now, but here are a few thoughts, in addition to what "MistofTime" listed.
Most rural areas are heavy on farming, ranching, etc
That means welding, building fences, farm machine repair...
Soil testing, truck driving, fertilizer delivery...
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People that migrate here are mostly retirees, like me.
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No good at mechanical stuff, but willing to work hard and deal with us old folks?
Most of us are going to need help with things as we get older (aka: assisted living)
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Young adults who need to start careers tend to leave this state, seeking careers somewhere else.
This morning I met with some techs doing work on a building I own, one of them is a Sprinkler system tech. He and all of his co-workers are in their 60s and 70s. No young men are going into that field. They know that as they retire, there is nobody in the career field to replace them. The man I was talking to, just wants to retire. Another firm in Michigan has offered him $50/hour to move out there. He was telling me that if any new person started they would need to do a 10-year apprenticeship. It takes 5-years of On-The-Job training to learn enough to pass the testing to get certified, and then another 5 years to become really competent to go out to a job-site by yourself. It is a big nation-wide corporation, so you could live anywhere in the nation.
Now that sounds like an opportunity.
If I understand correctly, the first step is to become a plumber.
... Now that sounds like an opportunity.
If I understand correctly, the first step is to become a plumber.
You would think so, but no.
To become a plumber you need to know a lot of building codes. And none of that knowledge is required for sprinklers.
Whereas these systems have their own unique building codes.
As one guy told me today, they want a young person who will show up on time, 5 days a week and who will stay on the job for 8 hours. They will teach everything a person needs for the job.
The first thing you need to do is go to college or a vocational school and pick a career that is useful in a small town or rural area. As someone else mentioned, agriculture or the medical field may fit the bill. Then you can search and find a small town you like, find a job there that will pay your bills and move there. There are tons of towns with populations less than 10,000 that are not in Mississippi and not dying. BTW, some people are quite content living in Mississippi.
You need to take one step at a time with your future in mind and getting a meaningful education is the first step, even in farming or agriculture. Agriculture is a very wide field and there are some really good universities that offer bachelor degrees in their School of Agriculture. We don't all need to be rocket scientists and engineers to be happy and successful.
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To become a plumber you need to know a lot of building codes. And none of that knowledge is required for sprinklers.
Whereas these systems have their own unique building codes.
As one guy told me today, they want a young person who will show up on time, 5 days a week and who will stay on the job for 8 hours. They will teach everything a person needs for the job.
Plenty of small towns in Indiana and Ohio. Everything mentioned above. Teaching, medical, law enforcement etc. The small towns in these areas often have factories. So engineers, hr and maintenance techs are also in demand.
They are experiencing a labor shortage, and most of Wisconsin is rural, but there are plenty of big cities within commuting distance that you could find work while figuring out what you want to do for the rest of your life. Also, Wisconsin is very mixed, politically, I think, depending on the county/area.
Go to school for Forestry and get in with the US Forest Service. Most offices are in map-dot towns.
The Forest Service has a wide variety of professional skills. If you don't have a forestry degree.....ask anyway.
IT, Business Management, Landscape Architecture, etc. etc.
For most folks...medical fields. Be a doctor. You can live anywhere. A nurse probably needs a doctor to work with.....
Educational fields. Little tougher, since lots of local kids come back with teaching certifications, but doable particularly in the scienes.
Every job in an urban area is almost always found in a rural area.....the difference is....there is just ONE.
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