I am currently considering both of the stars. I was a company driver OTR for a while but went local in the oil field for a much better pay rate. It's kinda dying off by the day due to poor company management so I am starting to consider other options.
I would love to go back OTR but I am not going to do it as a company driver again simply because I have such an utter hatred for the northeast (like you and so many others) and it seemed that was the favorite place to send me. If I do it again I want to buy my own truck and skateboard and lease on to a decent carrier. Right now I am just researching all of the companies I have been considering thanks to a lot of free time due to little to now work which SUCKS.
And I figure if some ol squid can pull it off, a 12 year jarhead can as well hahahahahahahaha.