If you could move and live anywhere in the lower 48 where would you go?

[ianpadron]

Kooskia, ID

I lived here for a bit when I worked for the Forest a service. Rural community, great people, & on the edge of the Selway.

I've spent a ton of time in/around Kooskia, it's freaking awesome. Great big game hunting and steelhead fishing, no people.

 

[ianpadron]

If WA state had 5M less people and a functioning government it'd be my pick with no close second.

Since neither of those things will ever happen again in my lifetime the Idaho panhandle and NW Montana will have to do, and they're remarkable places in their own right

 

[DisplacedHusky]

Texas is pretty hard to beat…

No public land

 

[The Guide]

What part of the coast?

My boat lives in Newport from April to November. Throw me a pm if you’re over and I’ll take you fishing.




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My dad lived the last 14 years of his life bumming around from Coos Bay to Depoe Bay with couple year stints in most of the towns in between before he bought a house in Waldport where he lived until he passed in 2020 at 86. I have friends up and down the coast there Brookings to Garibaldi but we usually spend our vacations in the Newport and Depoe Bay area. Used to be out there every other month but now that dad is gone, we still try for once or twice a year. If they keep the 2 halibut per day limit we might make 2 trips this spring because my wife really like the electric reel I got her for halibut fishing and halibut and elk steak go do good together!

Jay

 

[tony]

No real order
TN
Utah
NC
Fl (key West)
AZ
WV really isn't bad, get all the weather, majority is remote and rural.
Same with deep southeast Ohio. This part could be its own state, it is so different from the rest of Ohio

 

[SMOKYMTN]

No love for South Louisiana? Hahaha, neither me…it’s just where I’m born and now have job to support family.

Man, I love South Louisiana! I know this is a Western and Mountain dominated forum, but South Louisiana is a sportsman's paradise.

 

[ColoradoV]

Pretty good where I am but thinking of a move it would be to CB (Crested Butte). Aspen w the international airport would be nice. If it were out of state Jackson/Alpine would be the spot….

 

[Rotnguns]

"I lived in SE Wyoming for 6 years and really liked it although the wind and hail storms are no joke (had one car totaled, another damaged one year and a new roof the next). It wasn't for everyone, saw folks come and go and good job opportunities were pretty limited, but I'd go back if I didn't need to work, the hunting was amazing.

I did see Northern Colorado change a lot in that timeframe, lots of folks from Cali and a hard shift left. Still pretty country, but the governance got weird, I think they are trying to ban most semi-autos again this year, don't think I could do CO.

I always thought Idaho would be nice, but I've heard it's gotten like Montana in that you need to have serious money to get much in the way of property, don't know if that's true.

Grew up in North GA and I'd go back to the rural parts of mountains there or NC or Tennessee. Live in Middle Tennessee now and like it, I was able to get a chunk of land where I can hunt, shoot, tool around and be left alone, without having to be wealthy to do so, something to be said for that I suppose."

Yep, it's true. Been here fifty years and I've seen it. That being said, the better deals can be had at the higher end of the cost spectrum, both in the quality of a house and the size of the property.

 

[ihookem]

Ak for 8 months a year and AZ for 4.

Calvin is that you !!??