OK, so, the situation is, I've been living in the same smallish city my whole life, and I'm ready to move somewhere different now.
There's a whole bunch of reasons I'm considering doing this, but basically, I'm the perfect candidate for it. I freelance online, rent is overpriced in my city, I have a bad reputation locally, there's no talent where I live, etc etc.
Basically bouncing to a new location is almost mandatory for me at this point in my life. That might sound overly dramatic, but ask any of my friends and they'll know what I mean. I did some stupid shit a few years ago and now it's next to impossible for me to get a GF in this town. I don't want to get into details here because it could out my real life identity, but trust me it's embarrassing stuff.
Problem is, I live in fucking Newfoundland and it's too expensive to leave here for a trip just to apartment hunt for a while. Any major city is at LEAST a $500 flight away, and I'd have to find somewhere to stay while apartment hunting. So I need to somehow rig it so that I can get the flight up to my new location (thinking Montreal), and be in a place within a month or so.
Anybody here ever been in a situation like this before?
What do you recommend? Trying to find an apartment beforehand? Hostelling or couchsurfing until you find a place? Any other options I may not have considered?
There's a whole bunch of reasons I'm considering doing this, but basically, I'm the perfect candidate for it. I freelance online, rent is overpriced in my city, I have a bad reputation locally, there's no talent where I live, etc etc.
Basically bouncing to a new location is almost mandatory for me at this point in my life. That might sound overly dramatic, but ask any of my friends and they'll know what I mean. I did some stupid shit a few years ago and now it's next to impossible for me to get a GF in this town. I don't want to get into details here because it could out my real life identity, but trust me it's embarrassing stuff.
Problem is, I live in fucking Newfoundland and it's too expensive to leave here for a trip just to apartment hunt for a while. Any major city is at LEAST a $500 flight away, and I'd have to find somewhere to stay while apartment hunting. So I need to somehow rig it so that I can get the flight up to my new location (thinking Montreal), and be in a place within a month or so.
Anybody here ever been in a situation like this before?
What do you recommend? Trying to find an apartment beforehand? Hostelling or couchsurfing until you find a place? Any other options I may not have considered?