Wyoming 90/10 for elk

[Laramie]

I would venture a guess that anyone wanting to move there has spent time there.

I was thinking the same lol.

I do think there is a pretty big difference between visiting for a week or two during optimal times vs living through all the other times of the year. Some will love it and stay for sure but they will be in the minority.

 

[tdhanses]

I was thinking the same lol.

I do think there is a pretty big difference between visiting for a week or two during optimal times vs living through all the other times of the year. Some will love it and stay for sure but they will be in the minority.

Yeah I can see it being too much for some but they are probably the ones that prefer heat and humidity.

 

[go_deep]

Many folks use steel with the wind ? Put steel on my roof about 5 years ago and wouldn't put another shingle on a house again . Seems like the new shingles don't last. I'll be dead and gone when the steel needs replaced

Guy I work with lives in Story, when the wind took his steel roof off his house it tookparts of the rafters with it.

I moved here from northern Wisconsin, it's colder there, but the wind, you can take it or you can't. I'm not joking I have had coworkers and neighbors literally leave with little to no notice because they just can't take working outside day after day in 60, 70, 80 mph winds anymore. There's days where you have to where goggles to keep the blow sand out of your eyes.
If you want to move here, have at it, I did, but don't over commit yourself. I really don't know what the rate of people moving here and actually staying more than a few years is, but I'd seriously bet it's less than 50%.

You have to remember, hunting season only last a little while, then your back to everyday life.

Personally I think my wife and me will likely end up moving once we got mid 60s. Like to be somewhere a little warmer, with a lot more fishing options, but the Antelope, deer, and elk will do for now.

 

[Gutshot007]

I saw a docu-drama TV show about wyoming. It was called "The Case of Corner Crossing in Carbon County ". It looked like everyone had an exciting life. It starred Stormy Daniels as a DA, Christopher Walken as an evil non resident land baron from north carolina . 4guys from Missouri and a guy named Buzz.

 

[CoStick]

I would venture a guess that anyone wanting to move there has spent time there.

I hear that many take trips to places for vacations and love it, but spend very little time in other areas and get little exposure to the structure/function of life there. Was just curious.

 

[tdhanses]

Guy I work with lives in Story, when the wind took his steel roof off his house it tookparts of the rafters with it.

I moved here from northern Wisconsin, it's colder there, but the wind, you can take it or you can't. I'm not joking I have had coworkers and neighbors literally leave with little to no notice because they just can't take working outside day after day in 60, 70, 80 mph winds anymore. There's days where you have to where goggles to keep the blow sand out of your eyes.
If you want to move here, have at it, I did, but don't over commit yourself. I really don't know what the rate of people moving here and actually staying more than a few years is, but I'd seriously bet it's less than 50%.

You have to remember, hunting season only last a little while, then your back to everyday life.

Personally I think my wife and me will likely end up moving once we got mid 60s. Like to be somewhere a little warmer, with a lot more fishing options, but the Antelope, deer, and elk will do for now.

I get what you’re saying and just a few weeks ago we had roofs blown off homes and trees falling on homes, it happens but isn’t an everyday occurrence that a roof is blown off a house anywhere.

 

[tdhanses]

I hear that many take trips to places for vacations and love it, but spend very little time in other areas and get little exposure to the structure/function of life there. Was just curious.

I bet that is true, especially for people that have only ever lived in a big city of which there are none in WY.

 

[Wags]

Have any of you folks that want to move there, ever been there?

I'll be in Southern Wyoming and Northern Colorado next week getting some chores done. I make the drive 4-6 times a year.

 

[Dos Perros]

My kids are pretty young still, but my understanding is we have pretty high ranked schools. Granted this is only looking at ones my kids will be going to. As far as State universities, UW is the cheapest in the nation. Going from MSU Bozeman to Laramie blew me away at the savings.

Maybe where you are? Cody is not too good.

 

[Dos Perros]

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Yesterday, just another day....

That view tho!!

 

[Dos Perros]

Yeah I can see it being too much for some but they are probably the ones that prefer heat and humidity.

Sadists.

 

[Laramie]

My kids are pretty young still, but my understanding is we have pretty high ranked schools. Granted this is only looking at ones my kids will be going to. As far as State universities, UW is the cheapest in the nation. Going from MSU Bozeman to Laramie blew me away at the savings.

Wyoming is 38th in graduation rate, 39th is student safety, 44th in AP Exam Scores, 40th in bullying & sexual harassments rate, and 36th in ACT scores. There are bunch of other metrics but in general the public schools in Wyoming aren't great. I didn't know that growing up there but as I have travelled the country quite a bit, the deficiencies are pretty glaring imo. That said, how good a school is really depends on the student imo.

 

[cnelk]

Im in Wyoming a couple times a month.

I’ll be in Wyoming on Thursday and again on Saturday and then again the weekend after the 4th.

Maybe more after that.

 

[CoStick]

Wyoming is 38th in graduation rate, 39th is student safety, 44th in AP Exam Scores, 40th in bullying & sexual harassments rate, and 36th in ACT scores. There are bunch of other metrics but in general the public schools in Wyoming aren't great. I didn't know that growing up there but as I have travelled the country quite a bit, the deficiencies are pretty glaring imo. That said, how good a school is really depends on the student imo.

The meth crisis is crazy there as well. I would guess weather might play into it.

 

[mossyoak52]

I would venture a guess that anyone wanting to move there has spent time there.

Spending a week in a state in the middle of summer doesn't give one a true grip on what it's like in February

 

[mossyoak52]

The meth crisis is crazy there as well. I would guess weather might play into it.

There is a meth crisis in every state in the u s
So that can't really be used as a metric Montana is over run with meth look at the jail rosters 90% of inmates are there for meth possession ,sale ,distribution

 

[Dos Perros]

Spending a week in a state in the middle of summer doesn't give one a true grip on what it's like in February

Full disclosure: I plan on spending February's in Arizona hunting quail. Or in Patagonia fishing/hunting.

 

[cnelk]

Anyone that spends February in Wyoming is because they have to

 

[mossyoak52]

Full disclosure: I plan on spending February's in Arizona hunting quail. Or in Patagonia fishing/hunting.

So establish Wyoming residency just for the convenience of resident tags interesting and people wonder why states are getting pissed about outsiders moveing in

 

[tdhanses]

So establish Wyoming residency just for the convenience of resident tags interesting and people wonder why states are getting pissed about outsiders moveing in

Doubt states care if someone moves or gains residency just to hunt and fish, In theory they’ll bring in more cash for the state and economy then they would if they were a resident of another state, many people don’t live in one place full time, been that way for many years.