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I had a similar discussion with my wife some years ago. Her answer, most anywhere can be OK if you have money.

Now, doesn't that sound like a wise woman?

But, she makes a good point. Beautiful sites on the bluffs along the Ohio in SW Indiana can be had, just takes money...

DF

Any states have a few decent spots, some more than others...
The key to that is that the Government have no idea that you ever existed..and you have plenty of money in banks under other names than your own name. Just identify as "a transient."

Or just travel the country in a motor home.. under an alias.

No matter where you go, there you are!

So that's the key. Who knew?

California, Colorado, Washington, New York, Washington DC, no way no how

The N. E. corner of California , Modac county California would likely be a nice place to live. Mountains and public land everywhere. I bet almost all the residents are conservatives too. You can be in Oregon or Nevada in an hour.

The one state I would like to live in is SD

But, at 71 years old, I'm not going anywhere.

Virgil B.

Washington lawmakers are killing the firearms industry, shutting down a legal industry. I don't much about other states so I can't say but Wa is a hard no-go.

I would not live in any state a lot of people are flocking to. If nobody wants to live there, that's where I prefer.

Ever been there? Politics aside, NJ has excellent fishing, waterfowling, bear and deer hunting. The Italian food is pretty good too.
I don't knownthat I would want to live there, but it doesn't have some redeeming qualities. You could certainly do much worse.

I just got back from Mesa. You can have that place.

Nice country in CA, away from the coast. Same for upstate NY, western PA, etc. just the stupid politics that taint the whole.

DF

There is only one joke regarding West Virginia...

Everything else is true.

the Joysee Devil lives there

Almost every state has its sweet spots and no states that I know of have a liberal free large cities . It boils down to the climate that you like and the population density that you are willing to live around. For all the bashing Oregon gets from a lot of the posters on here I’m fine with it stay where you’re happy. We have the ocean,clean rivers and streams, lakes to go with the high desert and mountains. Lots of public land and OTC tags for part of the state and you can choose to live in about any type of climate you want in the state other than tropical. The downside is politics in the big cities out vote the rest of the state as you know. There’s only a couple of states I couldn’t figure out how to survive in and mostly due the climate.

People talk about states they wouldn’t live in. I’m down to a handful of states I’d drive through.

Having lived in 9 other states and traveled to all of them, every place has its crappy weather. You've got to decide what crappy weather you want to put up with.

Don’t discount cultural differences in different regions of the country. I myself would struggle outside the Carolinas or Appalachian region. I enjoy visiting other areas, but I am always glad to get home.

Understandable Wilkeshunter. Good point on the cultural differences as that is probably slower to change in an area than the population dynamics. There’s not many Norwegians where I live and I don’t ever see it changing. 🤞

Arizona has voted blue in presidential elections twice since 1976. WVa on the other hand has done so 5 times in that same period. Az does tend to flip flop a bit between red and blue for the governorship, but not as much as WVa. And AZ is historically pretty well seated as red for senate and house over the same period, whereas WVa , not so much. Cudos to WVa for getting it together in recent years, but a one year hiccup for AZ (a very conservative state) with serious questions on election fraud during that time does not make for a bad state to live in.

Oh, yeah, the libs migrating in will destroy this state in future years, just like they do every other state they touch. But for now, less serious election fraud, AZ is still on the red team. With azz loads of public land, and a free 2A state, I'll take it. AZ was also (next to Alaska and Vermont) one of the first states to adopt constitutional carry. And open carry has never been an issue here.

Make no mistake, despite how the last presidential election and governor's election went, AZ is a red state. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater... AZ will go so red this next go around that no amount of election fraud could possibly cover the spread.