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I moved from Chicago to Austin and left every single thing behind aside from clothes and necessities like my toothbrush. Having toilet paper on me for the fligh
by lovehashbrowns 9y ago
I moved from Chicago to Austin and left every single thing behind aside from clothes and necessities like my toothbrush. Having toilet paper on me for the flight from Chicago>Austin was probably the best thing I've ever done.
I made one huge mistake: I signed my lease over the internet, without having seen the place first. It actually worked out for me, but the risk of getting scammed is too big for that sort of business. I'm not ever doing that again.
I'm moving to San Francisco in a week so I'm doing the same thing over again. This time, I have a few more things I want to keep than before, so I'll likely be paying rent for March and then flying back and shipping a few things over to San Francisco.
Everything I don't intend on keeping, like desks and chairs, is being given away or donated. That stuff is too cheap to move across the country. For example, I think my desk cost around $150. I've already gotten a lot of use out of it. So now factoring in the fact that I'd have to take it apart, pay for the shipping, and worrying about it arriving safely, it doesn't really make sense to save it. Also it's a glass desk, which is a giant freaking pain.