Tell me why I shouldn't move to wyoming...

grfox92

WKR
Joined
Mar 14, 2017
Messages
2,759
Location
NW WY
Many millionaires left Jackson decades ago, for Dubois, Pinedale, Cody, Sheridan and Lander. It simply made sense to sell out to the billionaires and build somewhere else.
This is true, many if my neighbors used to live in Jackson or even had a vacation home there. HAD is the key word.

Sent from my SM-G990U using Tapatalk
 

Blandry

WKR
Joined
Nov 26, 2017
Messages
537
Location
Colorado
People move to Wyoming and then turn around and move back to where they came from all the time. This is not me
I was trout fishing here in CO and met a 'mountain realtor.' I didn't even know that was a thing. Super nice guy, but he said yeah, they 'think' they want to live in the mountains, then a year or two later back to Denver
 

grfox92

WKR
Joined
Mar 14, 2017
Messages
2,759
Location
NW WY
I was trout fishing here in CO and met a 'mountain realtor.' I didn't even know that was a thing. Super nice guy, but he said yeah, they 'think' they want to live in the mountains, then a year or two later back to Denver
People will be warned this, and think they know better. I know of people who drove to the airport in the middle of the night after 6 straight days if brutal wind in January, got on a plane and flew back to California. Called their realtor in the morning and told her the keys were on the kitchen counter. They lived here less than 4 months.

Sent from my SM-G990U using Tapatalk
 

Blandry

WKR
Joined
Nov 26, 2017
Messages
537
Location
Colorado
People will be warned this, and think they know better. I know of people who drove to the airport in the middle of the night after 6 straight days if brutal wind in January, got on a plane and flew back to California. Called their realtor in the morning and told her the keys were on the kitchen counter. They lived here less than 4 months.

Sent from my SM-G990U using Tapatalk
God bless em' LOL
 

TaperPin

WKR
Joined
Jul 12, 2023
Messages
3,255
I will not disclose the exact area, but will say it's one of the most desirable areas in the state.

Factors;

1. The wind will drive most people into a mental institution.
2. Water for a well is scarce, and you could potentially need to bring water in and live off a cistern.
3. Predators. Legitimately not safe for my kids to play outside unsupervised due to prevalence of G Bears, and even though mountain lion attacks are rare, they are there.
4. Snow drifts. You need to own equipment to clear snow drifts if you aren't on a country road otherwise you will be literally snowed in.
5. This is the biggest factor.....the people. While there are some great people in the community, the majority are complete and total assholes. They are miserable, they hate everyone and everything, they despise new construction even though their house wasn't always there. Literal acts of vandalism, draino in the generator gas tanks, slashed tires on trucks, nails dumped in the driveway. All because someone bought a building lot in a subdivision and decided to build a house on it. Want to build a new garage on your property? Neighbors will go to the county to protest it. I could go on and on with specific examples, but no one knows how to mind their own business.

People move to Wyoming and then turn around and move back to where they came from all the time. This is not me making the conclusion because of an isolated incident. Talk to realtors. You can see it in the market. Same house will change hands 3 times in 3 years. Wyoming is a wild brutal place. People visit in the spring and summer and think they have an idea what's it's like. But in reality they have no clue.

Sent from my SM-G990U using Tapatalk
Yes! This is many places in the NW quarter of the state. Many big garages have been built on 10 acre lots between a house and their neighbor to drown out the stray bullets, loud music, loud toys and BS. Now more than ever, people pride themselves on being a holes and pushing laws just like a teenager pushes their rules.
 

KurtR

WKR
Joined
Sep 11, 2015
Messages
3,980
Location
South Dakota
Don't discount the Dakotas... they have it all. I travel to ND/SD/MT/WY and NM (CO home base) for my federal job and don't rule them out for sure!! The best freshwater fishing in the country imo with the Missouri river. I travel to all of those states and would find a home in SD or WY. Maybe even Scottsbluff, NE. If you've never fished the Oahe reservoir area, it's a sight to behold summer or winter. If I was offered a job in Pierre or Bismarck I'd jump on it so fast lol. But I love cold weather.
Should have fished Oahe when we still had smelt. The glacial lakes on the east side of the state is better right now.
 

KurtR

WKR
Joined
Sep 11, 2015
Messages
3,980
Location
South Dakota
People will be warned this, and think they know better. I know of people who drove to the airport in the middle of the night after 6 straight days if brutal wind in January, got on a plane and flew back to California. Called their realtor in the morning and told her the keys were on the kitchen counter. They lived here less than 4 months.

Sent from my SM-G990U using Tapatalk
We had some California people buy a house in a little town north of me sit in seen. They left the second week of January after temps didn’t make it above 0 and wind was blowing . It was an easy winter we didn’t even have hardly any snow. They complained when it was a 100 in July told him give it six months it will be 100 degrees colder haha.
 

Blandry

WKR
Joined
Nov 26, 2017
Messages
537
Location
Colorado
Seems like May-Nov in WY and the rest of the year in FL is a decent plan
I grew up in FL/LA and south TX...enjoy the heat, humidity, and rain. No thanks. It's 200+ days of sun and 6k+ plus feet elevation for me from now on. Not to mention freshwater fishing and large game. I'll never go back to hurricanes.
 
Top