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I've been asking all these questions about jobs lately. I feel this is somewhere I can since most long haired guys share many of the same ideals. I've been living in NYC for my entire life and as long as I've been here I've hated it. I don't like the cold city people, the fast paced lives, all the cars, noise, pollution etc. I mean I don't live right in manhattan but close enough to see the skyline from my college. Example, I'm talking to my friend in georgia who has 10 acres of land in his backyard and looks out the window and see's trees grass forest etc. I look out and I see another appartment complex across from the parking garage and a big dumpster(and every morning the dumptruck comes lifts the entire thing up and empties it and slams it down!!). My parents both work in manhattan and have to do the whole commuting thing. I hate all of this, but I've lived here forever and everyone here just accepts it as normal; I think its disgusting but anyway.
Does anyone here have a job that has good pay and doesn't keep you stuffed in a sky scraper all day? Stuff like forest ranger, conservationist etc. I don't even really know all the kinds of jobs they have. The few times when I'm really happy is when I go to a rural part of pennyslvania during the summers, no phone lines and dirt roads. So if anyone here has a job like that can you let me know how hard it would be to get a job like that, what requirements etc. Thanks.
There are plenty of jobs like that out there, but they rarely pay well. I know the Forest Service employees I volunteer for don't get anything near what I make as a big city bus driver. Ranger type jobs often start as summer/seasonal jobs. I assume teh websites of teh Forest Service, National Park Service, State parks, etc. will have links for employment information.
The other option is to work an OK job in a location where you can get away easily that pays enough for you to play at will...that was my choice. As a student, you can look towards an education that lines you up for outdoor type work...and certainly investigate summer seasonal work.
Thanks for the response. I've been looking into forest service type jobs, maybe one summer I'll do that. Currently I'm taking a geology class a study on natural resources and the affects of human population on the ecosystem. Right now I'm thinking of pursuing a job in that field.