one thing to note, if your wanting to move to Wyoming, everyone is welcome here, but please leave your old state behind, embrace the hard working, no B.S. love the outdoors, and be kind lifestyle that we all love here, we work hard, play hard, and love our friends and family
This is exactly what I want.... my "home" state has abandoned a lot of us (unless you have no brains) then they love you. I am just waiting on my kids and see where they want to live their lives and we will follow them.
I love living in Wyoming. All of what you say is true in spades. It keeps a lot of the summer tourists back in their home states and keeps Wyoming lightly populated- the way we like it.
Wyoming is a great place to visit. Nice people. Beautiful mountains loaded with scenery. Definite cowboy culture. It is what it is. Not what it isn't. Oh and the constant wind is no joke. Wyoming is a good state.
I do the great outdoors and Wyoming has and then some. The strange part is a lot of people I talk to about Wyoming believe the state doesn't exist. It didn't take long to realize they were serious. Strange indeed. And the bipolar weather is criminally underrated. It can go through all four seasons in 12 hours.
Born in Europe but Wyoming gave me a chance at the American dream. I went to college in Laramie. Today, I'm retired and maintain Jackson Hole as my home base, loving the life.
True story.. My wife and were flying out of Cheyenne to Nevada. Right in the middle of town, we were halted by a herd of antelope. They casually walked right down the middle of the street… And were in NO HURRY. MY KIND OF TRAFFIC JAM!
Yeh it’s no joke but it will make you laugh because it’s ridiculous and so constant. You open your car or truck door and you damn sure better be thinking about it and have a good grip or you are going to cringe thinking it’s hinges might be bent after being yanked out of your hand.
I grew up in Wyoming. I once went to a school that had three teachers for eight grades (my mother was my teacher). I do not live there now and miss it.
@@lizlee6290 I also was a "townie" in Cheyenne. I went to East High school and later the University of Wyoming. A lot of my family from my parents generation were ranchers in northwest Nebraska, so I spent part of my summers on ranches.
@@lizlee6290 I was a "townie" also. The school where my mother was my teacher was in Manville. We later moved to Cheyenne. I went to East High school and later the University of Wyoming.
I'm a New Yorker and was a travelling nurse in my youth. I liked Wyoming so much I pitched a tent in a lot and stayed for 3 months. At first the locals thought I was nuts. After a while, I was invited to people's homes to visit, church bbqs and the like. Loads of fun and nice people. Cute cowboys, too!
Have visited the great State of Wyoming on 3 or 4 occasions now and I love it. One random thing that surprised me was that despite what I'd heard about it Thermopolis is a really lovely town. Well done Thermopolis 👏
We used to live in northern Colorado. We would drive through Wyoming often to visit family in Utah. Often there would be a headwind both directions. In the 26 years we lived in Colorado, we never got stuck in the winter with road closures. We watched the weather carefully. We only did a white knuckle drive a couple of times. My kids call it Wind-oming.
I lived in Casper, WY for a couple of years. It had everything I needed. Very down to earth, peaceful place. If not for the wind and cold weather i could live there. One of the best perks - the fewest number of Americans in any state. That’s a major plus 👍
I used to drive a semi. Been across I 80 hundreds of times . They don’t call the section west of Laramie the snow chi min trail for nothing. The old timers told them not to build the interstate through where they did. They said build it along US 30 through Rock River.
More than once I've found myself sliding sideays on I-25, on icy roads, Between Cheyenne and Chugwater. And, don't get me started on about RD 313, between Chugwater and Hawk Springs... They should've filmed Ice Road Truckers on THAT road!!! I've even buried my work truck in a snow drift on top of Casper Mountain. What I thought was a straight & level dirt road ended up being a rather DEEP dip crossing my path.
Years ago I was visiting Casper, I asked a staffer at a fast-food restaurant if it was always that windy, and she said yes. I think it is because of the geography of Wyoming and the position of Casper in particular. Whoo-ee! Gotta love wind if you want to live in Casper.
I went through Wyoming in 1974, around Labor Day. Day before we were in Utah, frying out on the Salt Flats. Camped out near SLC and it was cold and rainy. Next night up in the rockies we were stopped by a blizzard. The next day got up and weather was beautiful.
I lived in Laramie for 6 years, I loved it there! People are friendly, the weather didn't bother me, and the state is beautiful! I only left, to be near my family, in a different state!
I lived in Cheyenne for a few years (moved there from Washington State) I will tell you a few things just having lived there. First one is altitude, I had altitude sickness and let me tell you, it was no joke. The wind can be really bad! Also the winters are brutal and blizzard conditions aren’t uncommon and we had wind chills of -40 F. However, if you can deal with that, enjoy some measure of isolation and small towns, Wyoming isn’t a bad place to live, I enjoyed my time there
How did you get over the altitude sickness? I used to go visit in-laws off happy jack rd loved it but after visiting a few times a year for 20+ yrs no problems I started feeling bad tired out of breath dizzy just really out of it and it got worse with every visit found out it was that and figured I couldn’t go back which was really sad for me but if there is a way to combat it or manage it without hauling around an oxygen tank I’d appreciate it any info at all thanks
@@nicholasguerin6631 I've had altitude sickness, but it involved flying from Austin TX to Denver, CO, driving to Aspen CO, and the next day hiking a trail up to Buckskin Pass, which tops out at 12,500 feet. I was happy to get back down to the trailhead at only 9,000 feet.
Something that needs to be considered for any rural cold state, especially Wyoming, is propane. Only cities and heavily populated areas have natural gas for heat. At present prices, propane cost about 3.75 times more than natural gas. On a cold winter month with a moderate sized house your propane bill can reach $800 a month. It is a consideration if you are on a budget.
We burn wood and rarely use the furnace. We fill our propane tank once every 9-12 months. Mainly use it for the hot water and stove. Wood is free. Minus my time and gas to get it. Which I like doing.
It's nothing special. Most people live in the cities like Casper, Cheyenne, and Laramie, which are like any other mid-sized city in America. Just suburban tract housing, stroads, and fast food.
Same, honestly. I just bought a house for my family here in Texas, so it'll be a long while before I go anywhere, but I was thinking of heading to Wyoming after retiring and getting a little house on a bit of land somewhere quiet and just having goats and horses and a few cows, maybe a greenhouse for gardening, and just live out the rest of my days in peace.
Born in Wyoming and been here my whole life. I love to travel but always love coming home. I really enjoyed your video, some of these items never even crossed my mind. (And I have seen people ride horses into town, even in Cheyenne 😂)
Yea I lived in Laramie for 2 yrs and it was great no allergies, humidity/ heat, traffic and got to experience 4 season compared coming from Texas. Plus fresh mountain air 🏔
A few years ago on a Sunday afternoon in October, my husband and I drove up from Denver to Cheyenne. The only place open in the town was its only Starbucks. NO traffic. No people. I still am gobstruck by the stunning emptiness of that town. Briggs is right....
Wyoming feels like the last real place left in the US. It is so undeveloped and rural that you often forget there are big cities just three or four hours away in various directions. Even in the bigger towns like Cheyenne or Casper, you just have to drive 15 minutes and you're greeted with vast stretches or emptiness where it's just you and nature for hundreds of miles. It's a surreal, wonderful, and at times scary feeling since we've all become fairly domesticated in modern times. The people that have lived here more than a few years seem to understand this quite well and are some of the most genuine, tough, and nicest people you'll ever meet. But most of these things mentioned are very true. It seems like 2/3 of the people that move here leave in 2 years or less; it's a hard place to live, but if you can make it work and it's right for you, it really does feel like the last piece of the untamed west that still remains. It becomes very easy to forget that you're living in a world in decline and that's lost its mind in the process.
True. I recently took the highway north out of Evanston and went about 150 miles between gas stations! A full tank of gas, a newer, reliable vehicle, and an emergency bag are necessities.
I grew up in Wyoming and I still think of it as home, even thought I don't live there now. The wind is bad but it doesn't blow everyday. Just think of the days it doesn't blow, then you get to live someplace very special. Oh and by the way a jackalope is probably more dangerous than a pronghorn/antelope.
How many caught your jackalope joke, I wonder? 😄 I grew up there, but haven't lived there for over 35 years. Still homesick! Still have family and friends there, so I can visit comfortably. Of course, watching videos like this, and looking at the Wyoming photography pages on facebook make me super homesick!
Great video, as usual. Driven through/stayed in various towns and cities in WY and always found nothing but friendly folks, and I'm VERY socially awkward! The one thing I think you could've included is the distance between towns. I live in the Yukon Territory where the distance are vast so I'm used to it, but if you're not...There are many miles between communities in WY, and there's bugger all in between...probably more so than MT, now I think about it.
Been looking at retiring there from Texas in a few years. Did a lot of research, and this video just makes us want to go even more. Our kinda life style. Thanks.
@@bukboefidun9096 Windless?? I wonder how that’s possible given the wind all around. I also dislike windless “boring” places. Minnesota was a lil tame for me. I live in Kentucky, which is somewhat medium amount of wind/storm
@bdmenne they are located such that they get very little open plains, downslope or thermal heating winds. Check out Georgetown and Silver Plume Colorado..most of Georgetown is Chinook wind hell on earth during the winter and Silver Plume is largely calm... 5 miles apart at the most
Just visited Yellowstone and Teton national parks. Went up to Gardiner, MT all the way down back to Salt Lake City. Back home now (Indiana) but enjoyed my time in Wyoming. I could not live somewhere this rural though due to the impact of something like WY 22 being closed due to road collapse (impacted first 2 days of our stay here). From what I hear it should be fixed in just a few weeks. Alternate route added another hour for us each way (from Victor Idaho). If you don’t mind some mountain driving it’s a beautiful state. Idaho is beautiful as well and seemed to be even more rural. However we did see houses being built even in the small towns (about how Colorado was when they first got another boom about 12 years ago). A local in a small town in Idaho told us that millionaires were approaching farmers and handing them millions for thousands of acres of land and it will be tragic when the farms start shutting down more and more.
I would love to live in Wy. I hate crowded grocery stores, crowded neighborhoods. I love wide open spaces, nature, peace and quite! I love my morning coffee in my kitchen or on the back deck! Starbucks, malls, concerts all overrated!
our current governor leaves a lot to be desired. makes slick deals for people like gill bates and sodium nuclear reactors. also likes to sell your information as you visit from out of state. does not abide by the fourth amendment. he is not from around here.
Some of my family live in Cody, Wyoming. They often have deer for neighbors. When we went to Yellowstone, we kind of went off the trail and had to leave quickly because of wolves in the area
I live in Montana and get my coffee from Lost Cabin coffee in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Great coffee and the ship for just $6 outside of 50 miles. Great coffee!
In, I think, 2003 we were staying in Gillette and working by Wright. On May 15th a blizzard hit about noon. The foreman made us work the rest of the day before heading north to the motel. Took over 2 hours to get there. He was not a good boss. Our nickname for him was "Jackass". We all hated him so much we put Pride stickers and Brady Bill stickers on his work truck. Figured the Brady Bill stickers were going to cause him much more trouble than the Pride stickers. They take that stuff seriously up there. Gillette is a very dirty town, but did like the drive-up liquor store. Did have fun on the Gillette and Wright golf courses.
Sounds like a lot of the reasons I moved from crowded southern Maine to remote NW Maine. The nearest *anything* is at least 70 miles away, including traffic lights, and it wouldn’t bother me if that distance was 2-3x as far. We have snow and mountains (though not like in WY), and that’s all I need.
You don't have grizzlies roaming through your backyard in Maine they way they do in my neighbor's yards just 1-2 miles out of town or mountain lions sighted on the golf course with regularity as they are in ours.
@@kateowens45 Nope, moose are the most dangerous animals out here. I’m on the lookout all the time when I’m out hiking, especially now that the calves have all been born.
I was born in Southwest desert Wyoming along the WY. CO. UT. border. Everything you mentioned was on target. I love Wyoming cause I love nature and our grandparents took us into the Tetons for a month every summer. And we lived off the land. However it is way too cold for too long and the wind is outrageous 😂 but it's been one side of my families homestead for over 80 years. I always visit but I won't stay too long
A few years ago a retired couple moved here (Wyoming) from Los Angeles. I think they lived here for less that a year before moving to Montana because the wife wanted more shopping options. As for riding horses through town … Yes it happens. The last time I did was because I was trying to “bomb proof” a green broke colt (a colt that has had 30 rides put on it). The reason you might want to bomb proof a horse is if you want it for kids, the handicapped or the elderly or “greenhorns.”
There is a store in Cody called OAR, they sell outdoor equipment, and the lady who runs it gets a lot of new gear from people that move here from California or Washington and leave the next year and donate or sell there winter equipment such as heavy jackets.
Colorado is very windy and we have huge weather shifts, you can be wearing shorts and sandals one morning and by 8 o'clock that night you've got 4 inches of snow, I've seen it snow in June in Colorado
I live in southeastern Massachusetts, and its a hipster hell hole. Everything you said about this video sounds amazing to me. I really want out of where i live and Wyoming sounds better and better.
I just got back from spending a week in Wyoming. You are on point with this video. I live in an adjacent state and visit Wyoming often. The first 14 reasons could be condensed down to 1. Wind. The eastern 2/3 of the state should be considered the wind capital of the nation. The wind will drive you nuts. Good video. Thanks.
We love Wyoming. The only negatives that you had in your video that we would tend to agree with would be drunk driving, wind, and rattlesnakes lol. Pretty much everything else we would consider to be positives with no worries.
I grew up there, and never saw a single rattlesnake. Cross that off your list. The wind is definitely a constant, but you get used to it. I can't speak to the drunk driving.
Wyoming is wonderful but it is definitely a different lifestyle. The bigger towns have public transportation but many places are very isolated. I live in a tiny village of 450 that attracts tourists that try to live here. One winter is usually enough. Days of high winds 45mph sustained and temps that fall below zero with windchills of 45 below are usually enough. We get issued to it and don’t pay much attention but if you can’t adapt to mail and packages not being delivered for weeks due to road closures this isn’t the place for you
Most of those reasons are why I live here. I could do without the wind though. Love your videos. I share them with friends who need to know something. Lol
I moved to Wyoming the beginning of the year. I found the small talk thing not true at all. They are so friendly here and love to here about where I'm from and have been
Just recently moved to Wyoming for a land survey position and the first thing I learned was weather apps don’t apply, up on Casper mountain stationing out a road and it went from sunny to thunderstorm and rain in minutes
Nice video! I live in the Black Hills of South Dakota, near the Wyoming boarder. One thing I have to say, as someone who was born in NYC, my neighbors are, as a whole, quite the small talkers. Extreme by New York standards, actually. Small talk is considered a major source of entertainment, as a local friend advised me.
Lived here my whole life, 65 now. Don’t really care much for big cities, meeting new people or politics. Prefer being alone on my own property and my cabin just out of Yellowstone. To many new people moving in to this town and state. I am sad to say Wyoming has been discovered by Californians,texans, and Colorado so very sad.
I lived in cheyenne from sept thru may, i woke up one morning in the middle of may and it had snowed 13" the night before (i'm born and raised in south central Texas) only saw lumps of snow in the street (cars were underneath), and the wind omg they shut down the interstates because the wind blows big rigs over on the regular. the people were very friendly. they do have a local bus line in cheyenne, i'm sorry 4 lines. no state income tax.
The wind is what makes the summer heat bearable. The winter wind is an altogether different story. Florida has its hurricanes and they are spotty and occasional. We have our ever present hurricane speed winds all winter. The saving grace are the chinooks giving us a welcome break for two to three days. I love living in Wyoming.
My son moved to Casper last month. Making more money than in the oilfields of Southeast, Louisiana. He loves it, still in the oilfield, but he told me it's beautiful.
I spent a lot of time in Wyoming and I will give my opinion. Wyoming is literally not for everyone. It takes a very special kind of person to be able to tolerate it. The western part is nice with mountains and parks, but other than that it’s really depressing. The weather alone is the reason I could not live there. It’s brutal cold and the wind makes it 10x worse. It takes men and women tougher than me to tolerate it. There’s reason people do it flock there, no matter how cheap the land is. It’s so rural and the weather is so bad that it makes life extremely difficult to live there. Cheyenne has a Walmart but that’s about it. Other than that, there’s really no modern amenities in the entire state.
I retired in WY when I was 40. Had planned to stay there and relax, but had to leave after 6 years. It’s a good State to live if you are 95 years old and have nothing else to do in life.
It's like a slightly less naturally beautiful version of Montana, which is breathtaking. The same cryogenically cold winters and crazy weather, the vast emptiness and long periods of solitude (if you're not comfortable with your own company, the mountain West is probably not for you). Really, really long distances just to find a gas station or truck stop unless you live in Cheyenne, Laramie or one of the larger towns/"cities" (I hesitate to call Buffalo, with its whopping 4,100 people, a city, although it definitely is; by contrast, my town on Long Island, NY has 204,127 people). The same rugged terrain. I saw my first elk there, headed northbound on I-25. I found that City Coffee serves a really tasty brew.
I was in NW, GTNP 🏔 2020. 3mo. Summer Security 🚔 Jackson Hole WY is wealthy, uppity 🧐 . WY & Utah, ID etc have "mountain types". They don't put up with BS 🦬 . You must have the vehicles, gear, wits to handle situations. People aren't jerks but they are not super "tourist" +.
Love Wyoming, grew up in Cheyenne…. Moved to Texas for a job and miss Wyoming every day. One note…. High school baseball is popular, but University of Wyoming cut its baseball team in the 90’s…. Basketball and football and the two huge sports at UW.
If you currently live in California and are planning to move here, I would suggest getting local license plates as soon as possible. Especially if you're moving to a smaller town.
one thing to note, if your wanting to move to Wyoming, everyone is welcome here, but please leave your old state behind, embrace the hard working, no B.S. love the outdoors, and be kind lifestyle that we all love here, we work hard, play hard, and love our friends and family
I’m gonna bring my old state with me and proudly shout about it with a megaphone. I’m an insomniac so I can go 24/7. 🤪
@@c0t0d0s7 You're not a New Yorker are you?
@@c0t0d0s7 What this original commenter meant was, "Don't bring none o' that book larnin' wit ya."
@@c0t0d0s7 No you not, that's why you left you don't want to be around people like you 😭
This is exactly what I want.... my "home" state has abandoned a lot of us (unless you have no brains) then they love you. I am just waiting on my kids and see where they want to live their lives and we will follow them.
I love living in Wyoming. All of what you say is true in spades. It keeps a lot of the summer tourists back in their home states and keeps Wyoming lightly populated- the way we like it.
I think most tourists done come to WY because they are disgusted with its culture.
Indeed, I like 1.2 people per square mile.
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@@kateowens45 I hear Montana has gotten the same way. We lost Long Island to the rich decades ago.
We are not welcome? What an attitude!
Wyoming is a great place to visit. Nice people. Beautiful mountains loaded with scenery. Definite cowboy culture. It is what it is. Not what it isn't. Oh and the constant wind is no joke. Wyoming is a good state.
It's kinda Conservative with Strong Church Influence you know 🤔
@@KamBar2020 Kind of? That's the understatement of the century.
I do the great outdoors and Wyoming has and then some. The strange part is a lot of people I talk to about Wyoming believe the state doesn't exist. It didn't take long to realize they were serious. Strange indeed. And the bipolar weather is criminally underrated. It can go through all four seasons in 12 hours.
@@KamBar2020 that's a good thing.
@@MirzaAhmed89 Aint Into LDS church membership and such like 💬 Sorry Not Sorry
Born in Europe but Wyoming gave me a chance at the American dream. I went to college in Laramie. Today, I'm retired and maintain Jackson Hole as my home base, loving the life.
I got to visit Jackson Hole for the first time last month. I really like it! I liked the charm of the small size of the town.
You are the American dream my friend.
As someone who live in gillette. I hate jackson 😂😂😂😂
@@psychicgymnast I thought Gillette was a razor blade
I'm from Washington, but moving to the Laramie area when the summer ends in hopes to get that kind of life lol
True story.. My wife and were flying out of Cheyenne to Nevada. Right in the middle of town, we were halted by a herd of antelope. They casually walked right down the middle of the street… And were in NO HURRY. MY KIND OF TRAFFIC JAM!
Yes
Even those of us that have not been here that long 😂😂😂
I live in Idaho. It's similar, just prettier.
Beautiful fishing areas and just amazing scenery. The wind is no joke. Especially in winter.
Yeh it’s no joke but it will make you laugh because it’s ridiculous and so constant. You open your car or truck door and you damn sure better be thinking about it and have a good grip or you are going to cringe thinking it’s hinges might be bent after being yanked out of your hand.
It's intolerable in the summer. You simply cannot plan a picnic or outing without taking into account the afternoon wind.
I grew up in Wyoming. I once went to a school that had three teachers for eight grades (my mother was my teacher). I do not live there now and miss it.
I grew up in Wyoming as well, though as a total "townie". I'm curious what school you went to?
@@lizlee6290 I also was a "townie" in Cheyenne. I went to East High school and later the University of Wyoming. A lot of my family from my parents generation were ranchers in northwest Nebraska, so I spent part of my summers on ranches.
@@lizlee6290 I was a "townie" also. The school where my mother was my teacher was in Manville. We later moved to Cheyenne. I went to East High school and later the University of Wyoming.
I'm a New Yorker and was a travelling nurse in my youth. I liked Wyoming so much I pitched a tent in a lot and stayed for 3 months. At first the locals thought I was nuts. After a while, I was invited to people's homes to visit, church bbqs and the like. Loads of fun and nice people. Cute cowboys, too!
You got me a cute cowboys 🤠 😅
@@EAAAA1505 came here to say the same thing
They were just trying to recruit you into their blood cult......
@@mlw5665 The really cute cowboys were recruited to my tent!
@@EAAAA1505 hope they aren't from Dallas 🤣🤣🤣
Have visited the great State of Wyoming on 3 or 4 occasions now and I love it.
One random thing that surprised me was that despite what I'd heard about it Thermopolis is a really lovely town. Well done Thermopolis 👏
I remember -40 below zero with winds. The temperature went up to a sizzling 11 degrees. It was so hot I took off my coat and caught pneumonia.
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@Gardner0871publicI was thinking the same thing 😂
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I am less enthusiastic about crowds than I used to be. I might like Wyoming! Thank you for the video!
We used to live in northern Colorado. We would drive through Wyoming often to visit family in Utah. Often there would be a headwind both directions. In the 26 years we lived in Colorado, we never got stuck in the winter with road closures. We watched the weather carefully. We only did a white knuckle drive a couple of times. My kids call it Wind-oming.
I lived in Casper, WY for a couple of years. It had everything I needed. Very down to earth, peaceful place. If not for the wind and cold weather i could live there.
One of the best perks - the fewest number of Americans in any state. That’s a major plus 👍
Americans, the most spoiled candyasses on the planet since 1948.
I used to drive a semi. Been across I 80 hundreds of times . They don’t call the section west of Laramie the snow chi min trail for nothing. The old timers told them not to build the interstate through where they did. They said build it along US 30 through Rock River.
Locals don’t drive I-80 between Rollins and Laramie in the winter. It is a wind tunnel.
Speaking the truth!
And people still talk about that. I still take hwy 30 when it’s snowing heavily in Ell Mountain
What, not a fan of Elk Mountain?
@@rockymntnlibertyit's like Deliverance...but no banjos
Currently in Wyo: sustained winds from the NW at 22 mph and gusting to 36 mph. Just a NORMAL day.
Just a regular Tuesday afternoon lol
other states "wind" is a wyoming breeze :)
Yeh, I don't miss that. I've only visited more times than I can count.
More than once I've found myself sliding sideays on I-25, on icy roads, Between Cheyenne and Chugwater. And, don't get me started on about RD 313, between Chugwater and Hawk Springs... They should've filmed Ice Road Truckers on THAT road!!! I've even buried my work truck in a snow drift on top of Casper Mountain. What I thought was a straight & level dirt road ended up being a rather DEEP dip crossing my path.
Hang your laundry out to dry and you will find it in the next county 5 min. later 😂😂😂
I visited the great state of Wyoming for the first time last year and I must say i am very impressed! I love it! Can’t wait to go back and do more!
Visit in the winter 😂😂😂
Years ago I was visiting Casper, I asked a staffer at a fast-food restaurant if it was always that windy, and she said yes. I think it is because of the geography of Wyoming and the position of Casper in particular. Whoo-ee! Gotta love wind if you want to live in Casper.
I went through Wyoming in 1974, around Labor Day. Day before we were in Utah, frying out on the Salt Flats. Camped out near SLC and it was cold and rainy. Next night up in the rockies we were stopped by a blizzard. The next day got up and weather was beautiful.
I lived in Laramie for 6 years, I loved it there! People are friendly, the weather didn't bother me, and the state is beautiful! I only left, to be near my family, in a different state!
I lived in Cheyenne for a few years (moved there from Washington State) I will tell you a few things just having lived there. First one is altitude, I had altitude sickness and let me tell you, it was no joke. The wind can be really bad! Also the winters are brutal and blizzard conditions aren’t uncommon and we had wind chills of -40 F. However, if you can deal with that, enjoy some measure of isolation and small towns, Wyoming isn’t a bad place to live, I enjoyed my time there
Google Earth Pro tells me the elevation is 5900' to 6200', so you're definitely higher than Denver.
How did you get over the altitude sickness? I used to go visit in-laws off happy jack rd loved it but after visiting a few times a year for 20+ yrs no problems I started feeling bad tired out of breath dizzy just really out of it and it got worse with every visit found out it was that and figured I couldn’t go back which was really sad for me but if there is a way to combat it or manage it without hauling around an oxygen tank I’d appreciate it any info at all thanks
If you don’t mind my asking, where have you moved to now? Hopefully not back to WA.
That's crazy I live in Louisiana and work in Wyoming often being as I work on wind turbines and never had altitude sickness
@@nicholasguerin6631 I've had altitude sickness, but it involved flying from Austin TX to Denver, CO, driving to Aspen CO, and the next day hiking a trail up to Buckskin Pass, which tops out at 12,500 feet. I was happy to get back down to the trailhead at only 9,000 feet.
Something that needs to be considered for any rural cold state, especially Wyoming, is propane. Only cities and heavily populated areas have natural gas for heat. At present prices, propane cost about 3.75 times more than natural gas. On a cold winter month with a moderate sized house your propane bill can reach $800 a month. It is a consideration if you are on a budget.
If you aren’t supplementing with wood burning, you are doing it wrong!
Thanks for that information.
We burn wood and rarely use the furnace. We fill our propane tank once every 9-12 months.
Mainly use it for the hot water and stove.
Wood is free. Minus my time and gas to get it. Which I like doing.
Man, this video has sold me on wanting to move to Wyoming!
If you like the outdoors you will like it. And probably a gun or two......bears are not playing around.
It's nothing special. Most people live in the cities like Casper, Cheyenne, and Laramie, which are like any other mid-sized city in America. Just suburban tract housing, stroads, and fast food.
Same, honestly. I just bought a house for my family here in Texas, so it'll be a long while before I go anywhere, but I was thinking of heading to Wyoming after retiring and getting a little house on a bit of land somewhere quiet and just having goats and horses and a few cows, maybe a greenhouse for gardening, and just live out the rest of my days in peace.
I had a problem with 22 years old baristas after the divorce
If you are a city boy, don't move to Wyoming.
Went hiking in Wyoming and oh my god I fell in love with it. Beautiful state with very friendly people. I also loved the small towns.
Born in Wyoming and been here my whole life. I love to travel but always love coming home. I really enjoyed your video, some of these items never even crossed my mind. (And I have seen people ride horses into town, even in Cheyenne 😂)
Yea I lived in Laramie for 2 yrs and it was great no allergies, humidity/ heat, traffic and got to experience 4 season compared coming from Texas. Plus fresh mountain air 🏔
The short segment showing the stars / milky way and the sun on the moving clouds is incredible! What a perspective.
Jeez---we brew coffee every single morning at home. Got an electric percolator---we drink awesome coffee. Coffee shops are nice once in a while.
A few years ago on a Sunday afternoon in October, my husband and I drove up from Denver to Cheyenne. The only place open in the town was its only Starbucks.
NO traffic. No people. I still am gobstruck by the stunning emptiness of that town. Briggs is right....
Wyoming feels like the last real place left in the US. It is so undeveloped and rural that you often forget there are big cities just three or four hours away in various directions. Even in the bigger towns like Cheyenne or Casper, you just have to drive 15 minutes and you're greeted with vast stretches or emptiness where it's just you and nature for hundreds of miles. It's a surreal, wonderful, and at times scary feeling since we've all become fairly domesticated in modern times. The people that have lived here more than a few years seem to understand this quite well and are some of the most genuine, tough, and nicest people you'll ever meet. But most of these things mentioned are very true. It seems like 2/3 of the people that move here leave in 2 years or less; it's a hard place to live, but if you can make it work and it's right for you, it really does feel like the last piece of the untamed west that still remains. It becomes very easy to forget that you're living in a world in decline and that's lost its mind in the process.
True. I recently took the highway north out of Evanston and went about 150 miles between gas stations! A full tank of gas, a newer, reliable vehicle, and an emergency bag are necessities.
Alaska.
😂 "a world in decline & lost its way " Surely you have never traveled extensively. Remove your cheap coat er I mean red hat strive not to be a bigot.
@Matt-ru5rwso "diaper don" has around 80 million hard core supporters. I guess you know better than them, eh mate?
I learned from living in Wyoming that sometimes when you stare at the cows long enough, the cows stare back.
🎯LMAO
😂😂😂
Pop some shrooms first and they'll tell you their secrets too
@@307cavalier5😂
I grew up in Wyoming and I still think of it as home, even thought I don't live there now. The wind is bad but it doesn't blow everyday. Just think of the days it doesn't blow, then you get to live someplace very special. Oh and by the way a jackalope is probably more dangerous than a pronghorn/antelope.
How many caught your jackalope joke, I wonder? 😄 I grew up there, but haven't lived there for over 35 years. Still homesick! Still have family and friends there, so I can visit comfortably. Of course, watching videos like this, and looking at the Wyoming photography pages on facebook make me super homesick!
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Great video, as usual. Driven through/stayed in various towns and cities in WY and always found nothing but friendly folks, and I'm VERY socially awkward! The one thing I think you could've included is the distance between towns. I live in the Yukon Territory where the distance are vast so I'm used to it, but if you're not...There are many miles between communities in WY, and there's bugger all in between...probably more so than MT, now I think about it.
Thanks for giving me a bunch of reasons to want to move to Wyoming!
Been looking at retiring there from Texas in a few years. Did a lot of research, and this video just makes us want to go even more. Our kinda life style. Thanks.
Wind is a deal breaker. I was tortured with it in South Dakota flats. I only lasted 6 months there.
Yes, it is insanity causing wind.
That said Thermopolis, Cody they are largely windless
@@bukboefidun9096 Windless?? I wonder how that’s possible given the wind all around.
I also dislike windless “boring” places. Minnesota was a lil tame for me.
I live in Kentucky, which is somewhat medium amount of wind/storm
@bdmenne they are located such that they get very little open plains, downslope or thermal heating winds.
Check out Georgetown and Silver Plume Colorado..most of Georgetown is Chinook wind hell on earth during the winter and Silver Plume is largely calm... 5 miles apart at the most
Why so long?
Just visited Yellowstone and Teton national parks. Went up to Gardiner, MT all the way down back to Salt Lake City. Back home now (Indiana) but enjoyed my time in Wyoming. I could not live somewhere this rural though due to the impact of something like WY 22 being closed due to road collapse (impacted first 2 days of our stay here). From what I hear it should be fixed in just a few weeks. Alternate route added another hour for us each way (from Victor Idaho). If you don’t mind some mountain driving it’s a beautiful state. Idaho is beautiful as well and seemed to be even more rural. However we did see houses being built even in the small towns (about how Colorado was when they first got another boom about 12 years ago). A local in a small town in Idaho told us that millionaires were approaching farmers and handing them millions for thousands of acres of land and it will be tragic when the farms start shutting down more and more.
Idaho farms are disappearing at alarming rates. I just moved from Idaho to Wyoming
Gates of Bill at work again - Evil monster!
Bill Gates! No more Ranches, no more Farms, eat the bugs! WEF is destroying the world we knew!
@@ginakelley749yep and now he wants to build a nuckear power plant in wyoming
I would love to live in Wy. I hate crowded grocery stores, crowded neighborhoods. I love wide open spaces, nature, peace and quite! I love my morning coffee in my kitchen or on the back deck! Starbucks, malls, concerts all overrated!
our current governor leaves a lot to be desired. makes slick deals for people like gill bates and sodium nuclear reactors. also likes to sell your information as you visit from out of state. does not abide by the fourth amendment. he is not from around here.
Sounds like a Californicator!
@@murrayterry834this x100.
There is no Amazon in a day here.
Everything you order online takes a week or longer to be delivered if you're lucky.
Patience is a virtue
That seems to be the new normal everywhere these days especially if it's delivered by USPS!
I've been to and through Wyoming several times, it is truly a magnificent state to visit and live in.
Unless it's winter!
@@ginakelley749oh but even then, after a night of snow that misty sunrise comes creating a magnificent winter wonderland
There are literally coffee shops on every street corner in Casper. And hitchiking is still a thing in Casper.
Some of my family live in Cody, Wyoming. They often have deer for neighbors. When we went to Yellowstone, we kind of went off the trail and had to leave quickly because of wolves in the area
Summertime in Wyoming is cold in the mornings. Nice breeze though out the days for sure
I live in Montana and get my coffee from Lost Cabin coffee in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Great coffee and the ship for just $6 outside of 50 miles.
Great coffee!
WYOMING, what the west was!
God Bless Wyoming!! 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
And yes I’m a life long Wyomingite!!!
Being stuck in the past is a novelty. But you are saddled with people like Cody Roberts, the rest of the world only sees you as antiquated trash.
I lived in Wyoming during the pandemic and nothing had to change.
Social distancing by default.
And a great deal of it, we just refused to change. Mask mandate my ass!
“ Thank goodness the two meter distancing ended so we can go back to our normal twenty”. Amiright?😂
@@YoniBaruch-y3m
It's pretty easy to give 6 ft of space when you only have 1.7 people per square mile.
I had businesses try to force a mask. I left them and never went back.
Finally, an excuse for my hair! You've sold me on the State!
Ya need to talk about the Goathead plants, purslan, tumble weeds, unlimited fireworks, etc...
The Wyoming life just may be somebody's cup of tea.
In, I think, 2003 we were staying in Gillette and working by Wright. On May 15th a blizzard hit about noon. The foreman made us work the rest of the day before heading north to the motel. Took over 2 hours to get there. He was not a good boss. Our nickname for him was "Jackass". We all hated him so much we put Pride stickers and Brady Bill stickers on his work truck. Figured the Brady Bill stickers were going to cause him much more trouble than the Pride stickers. They take that stuff seriously up there. Gillette is a very dirty town, but did like the drive-up liquor store.
Did have fun on the Gillette and Wright golf courses.
Who is Brady bill?
@@dawnmiller6899 gun laws enacted after Reagan was shot?
@dawnmiller6899 a gun law that bill Clinton wanted to have a 5 day wait to buy a gun
Lived in Gillette in 1976. My husband worked in the oil fields then. Nice small town. Passed through in 2004 and didn't recognize any of it!
Sounds like a lot of the reasons I moved from crowded southern Maine to remote NW Maine. The nearest *anything* is at least 70 miles away, including traffic lights, and it wouldn’t bother me if that distance was 2-3x as far. We have snow and mountains (though not like in WY), and that’s all I need.
You don't have grizzlies roaming through your backyard in Maine they way they do in my neighbor's yards just 1-2 miles out of town or mountain lions sighted on the golf course with regularity as they are in ours.
@@kateowens45 Nope, moose are the most dangerous animals out here. I’m on the lookout all the time when I’m out hiking, especially now that the calves have all been born.
I was born in Southwest desert Wyoming along the WY. CO. UT. border. Everything you mentioned was on target.
I love Wyoming cause I love nature and our grandparents took us into the Tetons for a month every summer. And we lived off the land.
However it is way too cold for too long and the wind is outrageous 😂 but it's been one side of my families homestead for over 80 years.
I always visit but I won't stay too long
You're talking Rock Springs, the Red Desert and White Mountain. Awesome petroglyphs there!
Benny for wyoming. We have Wyotech. Top ranked school for learning automotive
My son went there!
Good video, all true. Thanks Briggs we love our state
A few years ago a retired couple moved here (Wyoming) from Los Angeles. I think they lived here for less that a year before moving to Montana because the wife wanted more shopping options.
As for riding horses through town … Yes it happens. The last time I did was because I was trying to “bomb proof” a green broke colt (a colt that has had 30 rides put on it). The reason you might want to bomb proof a horse is if you want it for kids, the handicapped or the elderly or “greenhorns.”
There is a store in Cody called OAR, they sell outdoor equipment, and the lady who runs it gets a lot of new gear from people that move here from California or Washington and leave the next year and donate or sell there winter equipment such as heavy jackets.
Love peace and quiet, enjoy nature and my dog more than people! Going to town for necessities once a month is all I need. 🎉
Colorado is very windy and we have huge weather shifts, you can be wearing shorts and sandals one morning and by 8 o'clock that night you've got 4 inches of snow, I've seen it snow in June in Colorado
For me, with the exception of the extreme weather, nearly every one of these is a selling point on why I SHOULD move to Wyoming 😂
Me too.
My family just moved to Wyoming. It’s very affordable. And there’s a lot of empty space … which means not a lot of people - the best part!
It was 31°F in Gillette this morning…June 19th!
Same in Cody. In the 70's this afternoon.
I lived there in 1976. Loved it.
Gillette, the sharpest town in the West
Im a truck driver… ill never forget going to from Casper to Lovell a few winters ago. Temps between 5 degrees to -40. With 40 mph winds
I live in southeastern Massachusetts, and its a hipster hell hole. Everything you said about this video sounds amazing to me. I really want out of where i live and Wyoming sounds better and better.
Seams like a very nice place to live
I just got back from spending a week in Wyoming. You are on point with this video. I live in an adjacent state and visit Wyoming often. The first 14 reasons could be condensed down to 1. Wind. The eastern 2/3 of the state should be considered the wind capital of the nation. The wind will drive you nuts. Good video. Thanks.
Lived in Western Wyoming. The sign greeting you at the edge of town said " welcome to the North pole, elevation 75.... Feet!
If it’s ice cream you want, go to Farson. For those that remember, the other place was Yellowstone Drug in Shoshoni for malts. Best days of my life.
We love Wyoming. The only negatives that you had in your video that we would tend to agree with would be drunk driving, wind, and rattlesnakes lol. Pretty much everything else we would consider to be positives with no worries.
I grew up there, and never saw a single rattlesnake. Cross that off your list. The wind is definitely a constant, but you get used to it. I can't speak to the drunk driving.
Wyoming is wonderful but it is definitely a different lifestyle. The bigger towns have public transportation but many places are very isolated. I live in a tiny village of 450 that attracts tourists that try to live here. One winter is usually enough. Days of high winds 45mph sustained and temps that fall below zero with windchills of 45 below are usually enough. We get issued to it and don’t pay much attention but if you can’t adapt to mail and packages not being delivered for weeks due to road closures this isn’t the place for you
Sounds like Big Piney/Marbleton!
Most of those reasons are why I live here. I could do without the wind though. Love your videos. I share them with friends who need to know something. Lol
Glad you like them!
I love in Wyoming and you nailed it. One thing I would add is that we also need Healthcare workers. Lots of opportunity in that field.
I moved to Wyoming the beginning of the year. I found the small talk thing not true at all. They are so friendly here and love to here about where I'm from and have been
First like! Glad to be here!
And? You have to add first? Kind of like the first grader isn't it? Pick me?
@@JSFGuy Tell him how you really feel.
@@alfalfabillenjoyer4878 Thanks for the unsolicited suggestion after the fact.
@@JSFGuy Cry
@@JSFGuy You're welcome. Glad I could help.
"Wyoming Wind Festival - 365 days a year :😊
Tranquility - you invented a new word.
I like tranquality- I'm keeping it
Can confirm weather apps don’t apply to Wyoming. Especially last summer.
I was there last summer and I'm going back next week.
It wasn't summer. Not compared to southern Ohio anyway.
Just recently moved to Wyoming for a land survey position and the first thing I learned was weather apps don’t apply, up on Casper mountain stationing out a road and it went from sunny to thunderstorm and rain in minutes
Love Wyoming. Lived here since 1971. This is home. Peaceful.
Nice video! I live in the Black Hills of South Dakota, near the Wyoming boarder. One thing I have to say, as someone who was born in NYC, my neighbors are, as a whole, quite the small talkers. Extreme by New York standards, actually. Small talk is considered a major source of entertainment, as a local friend advised me.
Other than the extreme winter cold and wind, it looks like a nice place to get away to for a little while
Wind is #1 for me, the wind is stupid!
Yep. I live here and it's the absolute worst part of living here
I could take the wind but not the bitter cold that goes with it.
This sounds like my kind of place! Thanks!
I imagine long time residents are glad Wyoming is not for everybody.
Yes, yes they are.
Psychopaths have to live somewhere right?
Lived here my whole life, 65 now. Don’t really care much for big cities, meeting new people or politics. Prefer being alone on my own property and my cabin just out of Yellowstone. To many new people moving in to this town and state. I am sad to say Wyoming has been discovered by Californians,texans, and Colorado so very sad.
@@teemb3183 Wyoming was discovered during the expansion of the west, get over yourself.
@@Reed411 Ok…,you stay where you are and I will do the same. Happy now😂
I lived in cheyenne from sept thru may, i woke up one morning in the middle of may and it had snowed 13" the night before (i'm born and raised in south central Texas) only saw lumps of snow in the street (cars were underneath), and the wind omg they shut down the interstates because the wind blows big rigs over on the regular. the people were very friendly. they do have a local bus line in cheyenne, i'm sorry 4 lines. no state income tax.
it's so cool you saw mousse in the wild, created a new word, and niw have me considering Wyoming.
Powell is a town of 6000 and we have a Starbucks.
Support local coffee shops and Mom and pop ones, not the big name one. Their coffee ☕️ isn't even that good and way overpriced.
so?
@@ginakelley749 so part of the video was saying not to expect the small towns to have a Starbucks. Did you WATCH the video?
@@JoelUldrych-kh2sc that's not the point.
Lived in Wyoming for 5 yrs great place but the winters were to much for me. Good summers
The ONLY Negative on that list is the Wind. I don't like wind. But evening else sign me up!
The wind is what makes the summer heat bearable. The winter wind is an altogether different story. Florida has its hurricanes and they are spotty and occasional. We have our ever present hurricane speed winds all winter. The saving grace are the chinooks giving us a welcome break for two to three days. I love living in Wyoming.
We have a lot of wind in Colorado, too
I loved this! Thank you!!!
That was a funny looking "moose" there Briggs.
My son moved to Casper last month. Making more money than in the oilfields of Southeast, Louisiana. He loves it, still in the oilfield, but he told me it's beautiful.
I spent a lot of time in Wyoming and I will give my opinion. Wyoming is literally not for everyone. It takes a very special kind of person to be able to tolerate it. The western part is nice with mountains and parks, but other than that it’s really depressing. The weather alone is the reason I could not live there. It’s brutal cold and the wind makes it 10x worse. It takes men and women tougher than me to tolerate it. There’s reason people do it flock there, no matter how cheap the land is. It’s so rural and the weather is so bad that it makes life extremely difficult to live there. Cheyenne has a Walmart but that’s about it. Other than that, there’s really no modern amenities in the entire state.
Exaggerate much?
@@lizlee6290 no, not really. Ok, there’s a modern truck stop in Cheyenne. So it’s not just a Walmart
I love your Wyoming videos, that make me proud to be from Wyoming!
A fourth generation Californian here and will stay here the rest of my life. Been here 20 years -no smog!!!!!!!
It’s home …..
💕Wyoming…
Moose mousse, LOL. Nice one there, Briggs.
Salt Lake City has a NHL team now, as of this post it's unnamed most likely going to be the Utah Yeti
I retired in WY when I was 40.
Had planned to stay there and relax, but had to leave after 6 years.
It’s a good State to live if you are 95 years old and have nothing else to do in life.
whered you end up going ?
@@anthonyferra7907
Decided to enjoy life instead.
Moved to Napa, then Destin, now Tokyo.
My parents are 80 and they are thoroughly enjoying Wyoming. At 60, I’m retiring to take care of them. I’m looking forward to the slow life
@@MsSunnyDenise
I also enjoy the slow pace of life .And I’m an introvert.
But life in WY is not slow, it’s in halt.
Little too much for me in my 40s.
@@MsSunnyDenisewe retired here and absolutely love it. There is so much to do here, especially in the summer. It’s very beautiful and very peaceful.
It's like a slightly less naturally beautiful version of Montana, which is breathtaking. The same cryogenically cold winters and crazy weather, the vast emptiness and long periods of solitude (if you're not comfortable with your own company, the mountain West is probably not for you). Really, really long distances just to find a gas station or truck stop unless you live in Cheyenne, Laramie or one of the larger towns/"cities" (I hesitate to call Buffalo, with its whopping 4,100 people, a city, although it definitely is; by contrast, my town on Long Island, NY has 204,127 people). The same rugged terrain. I saw my first elk there, headed northbound on I-25. I found that City Coffee serves a really tasty brew.
As my friend in Bozeman stated, Montana has 3 seasons: winter, mud and summer😂
You and I have a couple of things in common: I grew up in West Torrance and my Dad was from Star Valley Wy. I agree with all you Ca and WY videos.
Saw what you did there with the mousse. Lived in Wyoming way back when very windy.
🤣🤣 I’m sorry but your mousse made me laugh
It’s a great place. You named a lot of great reasons to go there and stay.
This all sounds good to me! Yay Wyoming!
I was in NW, GTNP 🏔 2020. 3mo. Summer Security 🚔 Jackson Hole WY is wealthy, uppity 🧐 . WY & Utah, ID etc have "mountain types". They don't put up with BS 🦬 . You must have the vehicles, gear, wits to handle situations. People aren't jerks but they are not super "tourist" +.
Love Wyoming, grew up in Cheyenne…. Moved to Texas for a job and miss Wyoming every day.
One note…. High school baseball is popular, but University of Wyoming cut its baseball team in the 90’s…. Basketball and football and the two huge sports at UW.
If you currently live in California and are planning to move here, I would suggest getting local license plates as soon as possible. Especially if you're moving to a smaller town.
Who, in their right mind, would want to move to North Mexico???
Nice place to visit... in summer.