I relocated from New York to Atlanta. Here are 5 things I'm glad I did to make the move easier, and 5 things I regret.

Business Insider reporter Samantha Pettyjohn relocated from New York to Atlanta. Samantha Pettyjohn/Business Insider I relocated from New York City to Atlanta with my husband and dog in June 2026. I'm glad we started prepping early and broke up our drive down south. I had some regrets about our movers and how much we spent on supplies, though. My husband, my dog, and I arrived in Atlanta on a humid June day. We had spent two days in the car, weeks packing up our life, and months emotionally preparing to leave New York, where we had both lived for nearly a decade. The actual move was among the most daunting aspects of relocating, since we had to transport all of our belongings nearly 1,000 miles away.