Advice for moving cross country? (lemmy.ml)

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We (two people) are moving from the west coast USA to the east coast soon. I'm looking for ideas on how to do this as cheaply as possible. Renting a uhaul looks like about $5k before gas costs. Seems like a lot. Anyone have creative ideas?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

when i moved from san francisco to new york 20ish years ago; i left all of it behind except for a mattress, clothes and blankets and it costed less than $500 since i put those things in the back of my pickup truck and drove there.

i've had to move another dozen or so times since then and i've adjusted to living w few enough possessions that i can just throw them in the back of my pickup truck and leave whenever i get tired of the place i live in; even my washer and dryer are portable.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Before I got married, everything I owned fit in my station wagon. I remember feeling very free.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Same here when I was "married" (technically not married since it was illegal at the time) .

Somehow couples are incapable of doing this.

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