Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
Cold and miserable is an understatement! I've been up there for a couple of months now and it is not easy by any means. However, the amount of money that you can make up there is crazy so I really don't care how cold and miserable it is. There are guys up there making more in one month than you can make at Delta all year. It literally is a modern day gold rush. Until you've been up there, you really don't understand what is going on.
I understand, and think it is great that there are opportunities especially for people who lost their jobs in the recent economy and have now found work. I just couldn't do it. I hate cold so much I think I may make the move out to LA in a couple years if the base stays doesn't shrink anymore just so that I don't have to deal with it. I used to say I would rather live in a shack on the beach than in a mansion making millions in ND. But that is just me, some people handle the cold better. If it is below 60 out I'm whining.