Russian Space Marine move to US, need support

[MAZter[iddqd]]

Hello everybody!

I'm MAZter[iddqd], I live in Moscow, a long-time fan of the original DOOM games. Some of the members of this forum know me as the maker and owner of the well-known in narrow circles of the Internet "Doom Power" / iddqd.ru / "Russian Doom Community". Some time ago I decided to move to the United States forever (New York, Chicago, or even any city, haven't yet decided). Why not Texas, you may ask? Because of some problems with the public transport.

At home I work in IT sphere, I know php and java, know how to make websites, while at the same time I know little of object-oriented programming.

In August of this year, I'll arrive in the US. Don't have friends nor relatives in the US, also I'll be with limited funds. Therefore, for the first time, most likely I will need support, assistance in obtaining various documents, finding housing (rent room), work and all the other problems associated with immigration.

So, I'd like to ask local Doomguys, who live in the United States and would do anything to help - any advices you can give me/can you help me? I will be glad to have new acquaintances!

[Matt]

Where exactly in the US are you moving to?

[MAZter[iddqd]]

First of all, I move to New York JFK, then probably go in NJ, for the drive license without need to take the road test (I have foreign 10 years license)

[demo_the_man]

Do not live in new york if your low on money. There is literally a political party in new York called "the rent is to damn high party". I'd recommend not moving into a city, as everything is almost twice as expensive.

[DoomRater]

Suburbs are nice. Not too far away from grocery stores and the like, but not such hard rent. You're usually within biking distance of anything in case you don't have a car, and if you land a job within the same distance you might not need a vehicle except in the winter, depending on your area.

[MAZter[iddqd]]

I'm not going to live in the central part of New York, of course

[MAZter[iddqd]]

Plans changed, I decided to go to Chicago, there's someone from Chicago?

[demo_the_man]

Not shaming chicago, but i heard the areas that have decent rent have a 50% bullet concentration in the air

[MAZter[iddqd]]

Not shaming chicago, but i heard the areas that have decent rent have a 50% bullet concentration in the air

Thank you all people very much for your support and advices, it was very interesting to read and learn something new from the real citizens of the USA! Particularly pleased by Doomguy's.

The friend in the company where I work for a long time advises against Chicago because of the crime, and secondly this morning i learned of the recent incident, a wounded 4-year old child, I felt a little alerted by this horror news.

Finally i decided to abandon Chicago and is now firmly determined - go to Boston.

Generally such plans - to learn in the Drive school and become a CDL truck driver. There were also plans to work as a programmer (PHP, JAVA etc), but I do not know much of the OOP.

I will be glad to new acquaintances, my fb:
https://www.facebook.com/andrey.morozov.9277

Crete, Greece one year ago, nice car

[MAZter[iddqd]]

Btw, can anyone help me with the rental agreement (i consider any state)? I have heard that people are reluctant to rent accommodation without a credit history. Leave me a message PM. Thanks.