Never, ever, EVER pay for storage. Sell it, give it away, leave it, or use it. But don't ever put yourself in a position where you leave stuff somewhere you are not.

I was living in a place I grew up, and didn't really like. My wife had moved there, and she didn't like it either. But I kept getting better and better jobs, so we couldn't leave.

Then I became self-employed, and could work anywhere. We also got a small inheritance that gave us a temporary cushion. We took a small vacation to Florida, and decided that we could live on vacation for the rest of our lives, so we moved.

Since then, Florida has become MAGA HQ, and the state government is psychopathic, so now we're thinking about leaving, but it was okay for about 20 years.

Advice: keep going to another continent.

More seriously, make sure you're aware of time periods to change your car's registration and license, differences in driving laws, any insurance differences, taxes, and voter registration.

I give away, donate or throw away everything. In the end its cheaper to buy it on the other side then pay movers. I load up whats important, maybe rent a small trailer and bounce.

I've moved far away (500m+) at least 2 dozen times and this holds true.

Moved from Wisconsin to Spokane three months ago. Instead of moving g all my belongings, I sold everything over the internet, in the end I just had a suitcase and a small backpack. I’m a musician, and it turned out to be straightforward to get a new drum kit once I got there. I’ve been playing gigs with a couple of bands, created the contacts beforehand, so I have some cash coming in, it was a good decision because of the spiders, I hate spiders.

Don't leave too much shit behind, get a uhaul even if you gotta fly 2 states over and drive your car down seprately. Everything from.furniture to $30 appliances are expensive to replace

It probably helped a lot that I was 19 and had nothing going for me in southern Indiana.

Asked a friend of mine if he was interested in moving too, and he was. I found somebody with an apartment listing on the then-new Craigslist and mailed them a check, then my buddy and I crammed everything we could into my Ford Escort. We stopped to get a little sleep just after Albuquerque.

Advice: don't make that drive in two days, it should be three. It is so fucking long to drive.

Challenges: apparently Texas' highway speed limits go down at night, and (at least at the time) the signs don't indicate this. I got pulled over for going 75 in a 65 at ~2AM, right next a sign that said the limit was 75. Fuck Texas!

Actual advice: spend some time seriously considering what needs to come with. Most things are just things, they can be replaced. Don't let your things weigh you down.

Bonus points if anyone has advice for cross country movers

Got a job, then realtor, took 3 weekend trips, got a uhaul. It ain't rocket science.

I don't get why people think moving is a challenge to overcome. You just... move. It's not a big deal. Maybe it's scary for folks who never did it? My family moved 3 times when I was a kid.

I moved internationally. You just sell/throw away most stuff, keep what you really care about/need, and then ship it or hire movers. It's annoying, but I didn't find it difficult or strenuous. Then you do the same thing if you move back or again. It didn't seen any different to me than going to college.

Done. I notice people make a big deal about moving for jobs on online dating profiles, it's so weird to me.