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[StillaGhost]

I still reserve the right to be a bigot, just one who doesn't agress upon anyone else.

 
 
 Exactly.

[Adventurer, Explorer, Inquiring Mind.]

It doesn't matter.  There isn't much work left in America, or probably the world that isn't funded with stolen money from government plunder coffers, since... well... the governments of the world have PLUNDERED EVERYTHING.  Hell, I was as staunchly disapproving of government parasitism, but frankly... after moving to Wyoming I discovered that Boston was full of shit.  YOU CANNOT SURVIVE HERE WITHOUT TAKING PLUNDER MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT!  The mines and oil fields are union run and very politicized.  The rest... well, lets say if you don't work in those fields, you are a rancher or unemployed and your wife is working at one of the in town offices, probably a government one, since there are very few things such as utilities or newspapers that aren't run "by the family" or "by friends of the family."

There are good people, and there's guys like me who fell through the cracks and kept working elsewhere while living here.  Again, back to it, you can't just discredit someone's views.  I noticed mine have been changing after living here.  I still consider what they do THEFT.  However, I've realized I'm living in the land of the Thief God.  I no longer shun government employees.  I simply treat the worshipful ones as the shitheads they are.  The ones who see it as wrong but also don't want to starve, I see them as people who'd probably seek employment elsewhere IF THEY COULD GET IT... In Wyoming, no such luck.  Carry a gun as a young guy, and expect to be treated as a leper.  View government as crooks, expect to be treated as a leper.  Worship at the unholy altar of their GodVernment and they'll "rove you ronk time" as my now deceased buddy used to joke.

[FDD]

OK, having been here for two years, I can say, this is so much better than any other place I have lived.

It can get windy here, couple of days ago, we had a little breeze of 55mph with gusts to 75mph.

so what do we call this?  Tuesday.

the snow is light, so most of it blow into Nebraska after a few days.

summers are nice, with low humidity.

the big cities here are smaller than most cities, which I am enjoying.   

[MamaLiberty]

the big cities here are smaller than most cities, which I am enjoying.

Heh... I love the shocked response when I tell folks in other places that this county has only one "city," and it has fewer than 2,000 regular  residents. Only about 5,000 people in the whole county.

[knobster]

the big cities here are smaller than most cities, which I am enjoying.

Heh... I love the shocked response when I tell folks in other places that this county has only one "city," and it has fewer than 2,000 regular  residents. Only about 5,000 people in the whole county.

Now THAT is elbow room!  Sigh...
Maybe when I retire and the kids are out of the house I will finally build the log cabin my SHW has been dreaming of.  If I build it in Wyoming then I might get her out there!

[FDD]

the big cities here are smaller than most cities, which I am enjoying.

Heh... I love the shocked response when I tell folks in other places that this county has only one "city," and it has fewer than 2,000 regular  residents. Only about 5,000 people in the whole county.

Now THAT is elbow room!  Sigh...
Maybe when I retire and the kids are out of the house I will finally build the log cabin my SHW has been dreaming of.  If I build it in Wyoming then I might get her out there!

Plenty of land here still.

may want to think about getting the land now, and build on it as you can, with time, cash, etc.

so when you do give up the rat race, you will have a place mortgage free.

but that is just my .02 

[MamaLiberty]

Now THAT is elbow room!  Sigh...
Maybe when I retire and the kids are out of the house I will finally build the log cabin my SHW has been dreaming of.  If I build it in Wyoming then I might get her out there!

Lots and LOTS of room here. Quite a few 35+ acre places available too. Most have nothing on them. Some have no utilities either, so they are much less expensive than places closer to "civilization." If she's willing to live at least partially off the grid, you could make out like a bandit.

Here is a picture of the view out off my back deck...

[MamaLiberty]

And, BTW, if you want "trees" and running water, we've got that too... but it is more expensive.   Here is a place that's for sale... but it is very large.

[knobster]

Trees!!!  Running water... well, as long as I can have a well dug.  But yes, I will want trees.

Going off grid is a goal.  A large propane tank to heat water and run refrigeration items.  A/C in the summer is important in Iowa during the humid days but I hear Wyoming doesn't suffer as much of that.  Dare to dream...

[MamaLiberty]

  A/C in the summer is important in Iowa during the humid days but I hear Wyoming doesn't suffer as much of that.  Dare to dream...

I don't have any central heating, much less central "A/C" - I do have a small window A/C I bought the first year because it got pretty hot for a while in August, but I've only run it a few times since then. With box fans, I manage quite well in the summer. The humidity is so low that even temps in the low 100s are not much of a problem. But then, remember that I came from the desert of So. Cal. and never had A/C there at all.

[FDD]

High Humidity in Casper this last summer was about 45%, most times was around 10 to 25%
at 45% we got a little rain.

[MamaLiberty]

High Humidity in Casper this last summer was about 45%, most times was around 10 to 25%
at 45% we got a little rain.

Here in the NE, the summer humidity ranges from 30 to 40% most of the time, with occasional dips. Winter is very dry. The humidity right now outside is 16% and has already been as low as 5% this year. It is hard to maintain a healthy humidity indoors in winter, especially if you use wood heat. But it can be done. I keep the humidity around 60% as much as possible in the upstairs bathroom where I have the orchids.

[Bill St. Clair]

Wyoming winter = plenty of chapstick

[FDD]

do most Wyomingites know how to correctly handle a firearm?

in a short answer, YES

http://mycountry955.com/do-most-wyomingites-know-how-to-correctly-handle-a-firearm-poll-results/

[MamaLiberty]

That's very interesting. Of course, self reporting by any group of people is not usually accurate. I'd love to gather lots and lots of these folks and actually watch them handle their guns and shoot...

Almost anyone can benefit from some instruction. I've had people in my classes who had been "shooting all their lives" and yet had no idea of the safety rules. They didn't always know how to safely clean and maintain them either.

So such knowledge is relative.  But yeah, we've got guns!