I was talking to a guy who worked at Lowes in Kentucky and when I mentioned that he did not sound like he was from around there he said he was from Chicago.
He owned a chain of laundromats and got tired of all the regulations, fees, licenses, etc. He sold out and bought a place “at the end of the road” in the woods in rural Kentucky and got a job as Lowes working the floor.
When he told me this I thought, wow, he really did go Galt.
Meanwhile, I start my “going Galt” job in Kentucky in two weeks. Interestingly, we leave Seattle on August 2nd, the day things may really get “interesting”.
I shut our business down about 10 years ago because of all the hassles.
I work part time by myself and do just fine.
Galt had a good idea.
May I ask why you chose Kentucky? We have lived in the NW most of our lives, we are getting so sick of the politics/mentality of this area.
Congratulations! You’ve been working toward Kentucky for a while, I know. Blessings to you and yours.
You’re moving to Kentucky from Seattle? Why Kentucky?
We had a successful construction business in the NW for many years and shut down in 2004 - for various reasons - one of the big ones was the unions.
Anyway, long story short - both my husband and I now work as independent contractors for billionaires. Happiness is No More Employees!!!! Wonder what happened to our former employees who were cheating on their time, plotting against us, siphoning our gas, etc? Since the segment of the business we were in is now practically dead I bet they’re longing for the good old days. HA!
Kentucky is a great state along as you stay away from those Amish Terrorists, make sure they are not wearing their hats backwards.
Without thinking of “going Galt” I was well on my way toward that about 10 years ago. Once the house was paid off my expenses would be nigh unto nil, and I was raised on self-sufficient grow-your-own sensibilities, so at last “dropping out” (I was way too young to “retire”) was possible.
Then I met her, got hitched, moved, and had kids.
Not an option at this point.
Good idea leaving the Puget Sound area. We did it back in ‘99 when we picked up stakes and moved to north Idaho.
Going to get exceedingly ugly in Puget Sound area once the cheese and kibbles stop coming for the rats and the raccoons. As they inevitably will.