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I rented a Ryder truck to move across Iowa for work once - company paid for it
all my other moves, (haven't been many) I didn't pay U-Haul or Ryder.
found friends and relatives - too cheap

I rented a Ryder truck to move across Iowa for work once - company paid for it
all my other moves, (haven't been many) I didn't pay U-Haul or Ryder.
found friends and relatives - too cheap

I've moved myself a LOT of times. From 2000-2010 I had 10 different addresses across 3 states. I think the only time I had paid movers was the relocation from CA to GA (paid by company), but it's not like that was much b/c it was from a 1bdr apartment into a 4bdr house, so we didn't have much stuff. I had to pay for the move back out of pocket so used PODS which I packed all the stuff, and loaded and unloaded myself (plus with friends). From 2010 on I only had my move in the divorce in 2016 which was easy as my ex ended up taking most of the big furniture, so I did that with a uhaul myself as well.

But I think I'm at a point in my life now that the next move I make I will pay movers to handle it.

I'd say we need to make it illegal for Californians and yankees to move here, too, but clearly that doesn't work.

And the #!*@ **!% coonasses!!!  Gotta get some state troopers to man the Sabine River!

I moved a few times when I was in school, obviously that was the "free pizza" technique.  I moved once after I started working, same deal the first time.

If we define "having wealth" as moving with movers instead of "UHaul", I'm still good, I used a UHaul truck to move here almost six years ago.  I also had movers move the heavy stuff.  Anyway, I do actually "have wealth", you pretty much need some to retire.  As to being "wealthy"?  That would be in the eyes of ...

Yup, at "our age", moving yourself is exhausting.  Moving anyway is exhausting.  I hope never to move again until it's feet first.

At some point, I guess "we" will be down to one person, and whoever survives might move to a smaller unit.  I hate to think of that day.

I got three moving estimates, two of which were remarkably cheap, the third guy said "No way they can move for that price, they'll nickel and dime you to the same thing we're offering up front", which actually made sense.  We took the (much) higher offer, and they were pretty liberal about how many boxes they'd move, we had more than the estimate by quite a bit.

And like most folks, we had to sell off or give away a lot of stuff we really didn't need or couldn't find room for here.

Yeah, I have boxes in my basement when I moved to the wife's house that contained "interesting" stuff and had not been opened since I boxed them, in 1987.  I moved into her house in 2012 as I recall.  It was tiring just to open them and rapidly sift through contents.

We have a small storage area here in the garage which is pretty full of stuff we almost never access.  Golf clubs, paint cans, tools, Christmas tree, ...

I've been reading some "Reacher" novels of late, they are so so in my view, but an "airplane read" kind of thing.  He travels around with just a toothbrush.

I notice the general theme in each of them is the same.

I'm entertaining the thought of moving 40-60 miles from Iowa to South Dakota to avoid some taxes and be closer to a golf course.

After living in the same 1100sq ft house since 1989 I wonder if it is worth the trouble - probably not
Don't make enough to save a lot on taxes

After cleaning out my Grandmother's house and my Father's house, I've learned not to leave a big chore and mess for my daughters.

I've thrown out a bunch of "stuff" that has been in the 1100ft basement and garage.  Good stuff, like newspapers from the Husker's run in the 90s.

But, there would still be plenty to move and plenty for my daughters sift through some day.