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Much more expensive than GA. I've got family way NE of Atlanta and while it is getting more expensive, it is still much cheaper. I consider the area to be similar to Western Colorado which is where most of my adult life was spent. I do well and maybe I just have a different threshold of what I consider affordable, but my wife and I won't be getting property like we want until/if things come back down and/or crash. I suspect they will, unless inflation just kicks in. I don't know what skilled trades are paying (I could look at some plumber and electrician payroll reports though), but I know laborers are starting as high as $20-$24 an hour right now. I just lost my framing contractor on a Federal project and am scrambling to find one. Everyone is crazy busy right now and can't find help, so finding a job shouldn't be difficult. Whether it will pay will is unknown.
Other than that, we absolutely love it here. We've only been here since January, but I have been coming up here for a couple years for work, and my wife grew up visiting family here. We still have lots of exploring to do, but I think it will be a great place to raise our son and future kids.
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I’m interviewing for the $30-$40hr range. Pre-covid in the south that is a livable wage. Right now with inflation and housing,it treads water. It’s like that everywhere though,so in my mind there’s no difference in being in GA inflated and being in MT inflated.
Schools down in my area suck horribly,and there’s no activity lifestyle to be had with traffic and overcrowding. I figured if it’s going to cost me an arm and a leg no matter where i go (besides slum town) then i may as well be somewhere we enjoy and is a place I can raise my young boys.
I’m not saying everything is the perfect dream or comes easy,but there’s more to the scenario and situation than getting a wild hair idea one day.
There’s not any place in GA besides the mountains of north Georgia that I would want to raise my young boys,and so far I haven’t had any interviews in that area.
I may be jumping the gun a little bit here,but I figured asking about things wouldn’t hurt.
I dont think I’d be that bad a neighbor,no matter where we end up. I can pass any drug test and background check with flying colors. I’ve never been arrested,been married for 17yrs,can read a tape measure,use power tools,turn a wrench and generally take care of things.
I was recently told (as a deterrent I believe)that Kalispell crime is going through the roof and there is absolutely zero housing for rent or sale and that i better stay put where I’m at. However,I believe that God can work miracles, and also that sometimes people just don’t know when or how to ask a question or get connected.
That is all for now!