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As an outdoorsman I am leaning towards New Mexico or Wyoming? Any thoughts? As a rancher in NM told me, “it may be new, but its still Mexico”.
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OK (I live here now), TX, TN, SD, MT, AZ, among others...
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Michigan, to be more precise, Drummond Island.
Although Kentucky wouldn't be bad. I could by that place next to Bristoe and he could finally skinny dip in the pond..... Love michigan but the stinking roads and high cost of car insurance makes me want to leave.
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I am going to carry on right here on the lake, ash's on the trapline!
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I guess since I am already retired and the grands are here, we are staying. Only state I would move to would be LA, love to catch seaport and flounder.
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I grew up in NM till I went into the Marines. My mother still lives there but there's no way I could live there. It's as blue as they come with some sanctuary cities. Consistently votes democrat. How can they expect things to get any better? Crime is out of control. Alaska is an expensive place to live, so unless you are used to that it's expensive. When I decided, I figured I'd like to stay in the west. I eliminated, Washington, Oregon, California, NM, Colorado, and ended up moving to Idaho. I think it's as good as any place in the west. Between your two choices I'd have to say Wyoming. If you are a liberal I'd say Idaho is full.
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As an outdoorsman I am leaning towards New Mexico or Wyoming? Any thoughts? best one is the state of contentment!
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Hands down Wyoming.
Reddest western state.
Raw, rugged beauty.
No state income tax.
Ultra gun and hunting friendly.
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I’ve been in love with Alaska since I was a little boy and with the good Lords help I’ll be up there more in the near future. We bought property to build our early retirement place up north and that’s where I hope to have my carcass scattered when that day comes. Between now and whenever that day may be I plan to live and enjoy life, wherever I am because as long as, I have my family with me I’m home. Ultimately though when the kids are gone we’ll spend more time fishing and hunting and staring at a fire up north and when not doing that we’ll likely travel a bit more during the winter. I look forward to the time and adventures I’ll share with my wife. We spend a lot of time with the kids and their academic, leadership and athletic activities and it’s proven to be time well spent but it’ll be fun being newlyweds again.
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In twenty years there are only going to be a few states where a caucasian male can live without being harassed and taxed to death. Those, in my opinion, are going to be Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, South Dakota, Idaho (maybe), and Wyoming. The rest are going to be infested with leftism.
I love elk too, but I'm not going to live under a terrorist lefty government to get to see them. I'll sneak into enemy territory every now and then to chase them then I'll scurry back to where it's safe.
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In twenty years there are only going to be a few states where a caucasian male can live without being harassed and taxed to death. Those, in my opinion, are going to be Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, South Dakota, Idaho, and Wyoming. The rest are going to be infested with leftism. Add North Dakota to that list and I totally agree. Lot of kookafornians moving into TN though.
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"Maybe we're all happy."
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I'm moving to South Dakota. Wife and I had this discussion just today. She said that she wasn't moving with me. Wont that be peaceful?
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Wyoming is full up. Go east young man.
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I want to split between Texas and Wyoming.
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I'm thinking about living in the desert areas of NM or WY. I can tromp around in the desert in the winter, then drive 20 miles and be in the high country in the summertime. I like to get outside and amp, fish, hunt whenever possible. I don't know where you live now or exactly what your expectations are but "tromping around the desert" in the winter in either place is not really realistic, both can be too cold and windy to do much of what you are proposing. I am basing this on having spent quite a bit of time in winter in both areas. There is a reason that so many folks retire to Arizona. My advice to anyone who is thinking of retiring to a different locale for retirement is to spend at least a year living there before buying and settling in permanently. Even a year can fool a person though, in 2017 we had about 3 ft of snow on the ground with continuous overcast and snow all winter, the last two winters we never had more than 4 inches and most of that was intermittent. Which was normal? - Neither, usually it is somewhere in between the two extremes. I have seen quite a few folks move to this area based on their summertime experiences here, when winter came they found out it was a whole different ball game. Another thing to keep in mind is your health - once you get away from major metropolitan areas health care becomes a real issue. Just some things for you to think about when you picking out your place of dreams. drover difference between northern arizona and northern new mexico? edited to add N.M. politics are screwed up, it's a blue state in a lot of ways.
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I am MAGA.
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I'm at ground zero of my cultural comfort zone. There's no place better than the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.
It's fairly reasonable to live here, but I'd pay a premium for it if I had to.
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Retired and happily bouncing between the Texas hill country and far north Idaho.
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