Fort Collins vs Southern WY

[ScreamingPotato]

This is the truth… I stopped for gas at exit 12 off i25 in Cheyenne at like 1 am on my way back from Casper. A guy approached me as I pumped gas and sold me a laptop for 20$, had some story about trying to make it somewhere and need gas.

They usually have an empty gas can in hand.
Once I had swiped my card already and offered to fill up the gas can, dude was all confused and walked away.

 

[Maddog58]

All a commute does is take time away from your family. Not worth it. Plus the inherent dangers of driving that much daily. Keep it simple and move to Cheyenne

 

[Fever Buck]

All a commute does is take time away from your family. Not worth it. Plus the inherent dangers of driving that much daily. Keep it simple and move to Cheyenne

This is how I’m personally leaning after talking with a few folks here on Rokslide. Think I’ll try to rent for a few months and decide if it’s the right fit. If it’s not, north Fort Collins is where we’ll end up.

All a commute does is take time away from your family. Not worth it. Plus the inherent dangers of driving that much daily. Keep it simple and move to Cheyenne

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

On the wind piece, I just remembered heading west across 80 a few years back and hitting 85mph winds just east of Cheyenne. They were so strong the constant pounding on my fiberglass bed cover backed a screw out of the latch and we almost lost the whole thing. Fortunately we were able to pull off and into a truck stop in Cheyenne and jerry rig it down for the remainder fo the trip.

In the early 2000s we were headed home across 80 and the weather man forecasted a dusting to a couple inches of snow near Elk Mountain. To make a long story short, the wind came up and we got caught in a blizzard. We finally made it to Cheyenne several hours later, and the only way we knew if we were on the road or not was by getting so close behind a semi that we could see the clearance lights on the back of his trailer. That was the most disorienting and terrifying drive of my life. We got checked into LaQuinta in Cheyenne, and the interstate was promply closed all the way to North Platte for a couple days. When we got back on the road, 80 looked like a junkyard until we were a ways into NE with cars in the ditches and median everywhere. The winter storms in that part of WY are no joke.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

On the wind piece, I just remembered heading west across 80 a few years back and hitting 85mph winds just east of Cheyenne. They were so strong the constant pounding on my fiberglass bed cover backed a screw out of the latch and we almost lost the whole thing. Fortunately we were able to pull off and into a truck stop in Cheyenne and jerry rig it down for the remainder fo the trip.

In the early 2000s we were headed home across 80 and the weather man forecasted a dusting to a couple inches of snow near Elk Mountain. To make a long story short, the wind came up and we got caught in a blizzard. We finally made it to Cheyenne several hours later, and the only way we knew if we were on the road or not was by getting so close behind a semi that we could see the clearance lights on the back of his trailer. That was the most disorienting and terrifying drive of my life. We got checked into LaQuinta in Cheyenne, and the interstate was promply closed all the way to North Platte for a couple days. When we got back on the road, 80 looked like a junkyard until we were a ways into NE with cars in the ditches and median everywhere. The winter storms in that part of WY are no joke.

That i80 stretch is definitely a mofo sometimes. We were cruising on pretty mild snowy conditions which I would consider decent driving for out there, about 70 mph smoothly down the highway and slowly passing a truck pulling a camper. Wind kicked up a good gust and blew that truck and trailer combo into a jackknife at 70mph. This dude slid in jackknife position for quite a ways then snapped back straight and kept on going like nothing happened. Watching him in the rearview mirror further down the road it sort of happened again on a smaller scale, just a little kick out and back straight. We usually took Happy Jack when it got bad but I don't know how much better it was and you still had to pop out on i80 at the worst part.

 

[TaperPin]

Learning to drive in high winds is a valuable skill for the whole family to have, just like driving on icy roads, blowing snow, or really heavy rain - defensive driving to avoid people that don’t know how to drive is the most important part. Identifying and avoiding unnecessary risk solves 95% of traffic accidents.

Empty Box trucks, RVs, empty small enclosed trailers, and empty semi trailers will blow over - eventually almost everyone in Wyoming has watched it happen. Simply pay attention to what the wind is doing to those vehicles and stay away from the down-wind danger zone as much as possible and anticipate a car on ice may get blown hard enough to slide into your lane so be alert and don’t crowd the center line.

I’d still feel safer driving in the wind than rush hour in any larger city - Wyoming insurance rates are rediculously low, so it must be a real thing. Lol

 

[KurtR]

Going out snowmobiling some years back we were between Cheyenne and Larmie and i woke up to see a semi flip on its side right in front of us. The wind was bad but nothing growing up in Sodak that would scare me.

 

[gman82001]

From the posts here I’m Lucky I’m still alive living here the past 24 years lol

 

[Fever Buck]

From the posts here I’m Lucky I’m still alive living here the past 24 years lol

Yeah I’m not sure what will kill me first when I move there, the wind or the meth heads.

 

[gman82001]

Yeah I’m not sure what will kill me first when I move there, the wind or the meth heads.

I think there’s plenty of people trying to justify living in a blue state they won’t leave by saying the red state big city is a shit hole. I’ll take the wind and meth heads I’ve never once interacted with over the leftist political bullshit any day

 

[wyogoat]

I’m disappointed that not once today anyone offered me drugs…

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Yeah I’m not sure what will kill me first when I move there, the wind or the meth heads.

The wind might blow a meth head into you and knock you over, hitting your head on something.

 

[Mojave]

My plan is to live there long term. It’s my favorite state, just had heard that Cheyenne is not the spot. Serious non-gate keeping opinions would be helpful.

No one in any Western State with low population, good politics and good hunting wants anyone else to move there.

If you compare the number of meth heads in a place like Cheyenne, to a place like Las Cruces (similar size) and both on the I-25. I don't think that Cheyenne can hold a candle to it.

Wyoming has a lot of sucky towns. Meth can be a problem anywhere. Riverton has a hell of a problem right now.

 

[Wyo_hntr]

These lovely urban campers aren't real. A figment of my imagination. Definitely don't use illegal substances. Those don't exist in Cheyenne.

 

[Fever Buck]

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These lovely urban campers aren't real. A figment of my imagination. Definitely don't use illegal substances. Those don't exist in Cheyenne.

I do appreciate that your homeless are organized enough to have a scheduled nap time.

 

[Wyo_hntr]

I do appreciate that your homeless are organized enough to have a scheduled nap time.

I'm sorry sir, those aren't real...imaginary if you will

 

[Fever Buck]

I'm sorry sir, those aren't real...imaginary if you will

It will be interesting to see how it compares to Atlanta and Denver. Every city has homeless, just depends how bad.

 

[Wyo_hntr]

It will be interesting to see how it compares to Atlanta and Denver. Every city has homeless, just depends how bad.

Those rat holes would be worse.

 

[gman82001]

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These lovely urban campers aren't real. A figment of my imagination. Definitely don't use illegal substances. Those don't exist in Cheyenne.

If op is deciding to live in Cheyenne or ft Collins I highly doubt his top choice of where to buy a home is going to be next to Martin Luther King park.

He didn't say he had a job offer in Sheridan or Pinedale I’m not sure where your Wyoming utopia of a big enough city to have a well paying job and zero homeless or drug addicts would be but as far as I know my wife and I do well for ourselves and both girls made it through school alive and not slumming it on the streets for crack.

Trust me I wish I had pine trees and a mountain range out my back door but as far as I can see if you have a pine tree and a mountain within walking distance the liberals flock there and ruin it with their politics.

Like I say I’ll take my Prarie grass and wind over the bullshit politics happening south of here.

 

[LongWayAround]

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These lovely urban campers aren't real. A figment of my imagination. Definitely don't use illegal substances. Those don't exist in Cheyenne.

You know you're stupid when you rack out on a concrete slab in the sun.

My favorite is the backpack hanging from one arm while they crip-walk down the curb.