donn0128
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What can I say?
Bend is a nice area for the retiree with lots of money. However the pay scale in the area is really bad and the locals have a really hard time making a living there. BTDT. Maybe before you go off half cocked again and move across country to a location that you really don't know anything about that you should be prepared for the culture shock that comes with a move like that. Or be totally committed and prepared to accept the temporary position knowing that it is temporary and enjoy yourselves. Either way, from your comments I get the impression that your wife is not sold on the idea of living in a rural setting.
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Jayco-noslide
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There are lots of such jobs and information about them. Definitely start with Workamper News magazine as it is specifically for this purpose and not terribly expensive. Secondly, go to the internet and type in seasonal jobs, jobs in national parks, older and bolder, RV jobs, jobs in resorts and similiar statements and you will get a menu of websites. Or, go directly to the websites of places like Dollywood, Adventureland, Yellowstone General Stores, etc.
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newk
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If you need good paying jobs and aren't too particular where you live next, check the unemployment rates in various states and counties. Look for areas that have current unemployment rates below 3% and you should find work easily. You can't just pick the state with a fairly low unemployment rate and then pick the area you'd like to live in; you've got to be more specific and get to the county level.
I live in NE Wyoming, where almost anyone who can pass a drug test can find work of some kind within a couple days. SW Wyoming would be similar, but there are other parts of Wyoming, even in adjoining counties, where unemployment is high.
Many of the mountain states are similar to Wyoming -- a booming economy brought on by oil, gas and coal extraction. This creates a need for people in support industries, from retail clerks to food workers to bankers and everything else.
Your biggest problem in these areas won't be in finding work, but in finding a place to park your camper -- and keeping it warm in the winter!
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Chock Full o' Nuts
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donn0128 wrote:What can I say?
Bend is a nice area for the retiree with lots of money. However the pay scale in the area is really bad and the locals have a really hard time making a living there. BTDT. Maybe before you go off half cocked again and move across country to a location that you really don't know anything about that you should be prepared for the culture shock that comes with a move like that. Or be totally committed and prepared to accept the temporary position knowing that it is temporary and enjoy yourselves. Either way, from your comments I get the impression that your wife is not sold on the idea of living in a rural setting.
I have to say, when we traveled through western Oregon, as pretty as it is, I don't think I could stand the isolation. You have to be made of some hardy stock and very self-sufficient to live there, it would seen. Coming from a large metropolitan area to live in a spot like Bend would be culture shock of the 3rd degree.
Good luck, OP. You ideas sounds awesome. Hope you can make your dreams come true.
"Those who dwell...among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."--Rachel Carson, environmentalist, 1956
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Chock Full o' Nuts wrote:I have to say, when we traveled through western Oregon, as pretty as it is, I don't think I could stand the isolation. You have to be made of some hardy stock and very self-sufficient to live there, it would seen. Coming from a large metropolitan area to live in a spot like Bend would be culture shock of the 3rd degree.
Good luck, OP. You ideas sounds awesome. Hope you can make your dreams come true.
I might ad that Bend in in eastern Oregon in the high desert, not western Oregon. Western Oregon you have plenty of metropolitan areas such as some along the coast, Portland,, Eugene, Roseburg. and a bunch more. Surely not isolated in western Oregon, well unless you choose to be, but there are many populated ares to choose from.
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Chock Full o' Nuts
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firedude wrote:Chock Full o' Nuts wrote:I have to say, when we traveled through western Oregon, as pretty as it is, I don't think I could stand the isolation. You have to be made of some hardy stock and very self-sufficient to live there, it would seen. Coming from a large metropolitan area to live in a spot like Bend would be culture shock of the 3rd degree.
Good luck, OP. You ideas sounds awesome. Hope you can make your dreams come true.
I might ad that Bend in in eastern Oregon in the high desert, not western Oregon. Western Oregon you have plenty of metropolitan areas such as some along the coast, Portland,, Eugene, Roseburg. and a bunch more. Surely not isolated in western Oregon, well unless you choose to be, but there are many populated ares to choose from.
thanks for pointing that out Firedude. I didn't mean that we didn't like Oregon, at all! Being from the Atlanta area, we just thought everything along I-5 looked kinda isolated. but thought the same thing about eastern Washington and all of South Dakota, too
Except downtown Portland. Whoever told me "sure, just drive straight through, piece of cake" had obviously never driven straight through with a travel trailer in tow during rush hour!
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Chock Full o' Nuts......
I thought you had eastern and western cornfused. Compared to Atalanta, yep you're right! Portland is about the only comparison!
I have driven through Portland at all hours and learned to go around lol!
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