That saddens me. I remember that we lived in a duplex on the outskirts of town. Down the hill from our house was roads and cleared lands that did not have housing additions built yet. We could watch the jack rabbits race across the vast open rocky expanse on the hot summer days. In early summer the grass hoppers were so plentiful that we couldn't ride our bikes down the street with out squishing so many under the tires. The rattlesnakes would come out and bask in the warm sun; which made for some hair raising bike rides. There was a new multiplex theater that opened not far from our duplex. It was close enough that we could walk across the undeveloped field and go catch a movie. I remember walking the fields and picking up fossils and arrow heads. Man, i wish i had kept all those i collected. I remember a stream where we could walk when the water was low and we could fit our tiny feet into giant limestone foot prints of the dinosaurs that used to roam the area. Wow, sometimes we just don't know how amazing some things are until we no longer have them. Oh well, i've got my memories at least. Ahhh.....good times....good times....

 

Cigarxtc, that's a story that has played out all across the country. It's called "progress" by real estate developers, I've got a different name for it....

 

I came thru Buffalo and Sheridan a couple of months ago - somebody is looking for growth in that area. New Hampton Inn in both towns along with several additional big name motels - all new construction.

Eastern MT thru western ND oil patch: wages are decent, but housing is non-existant, a place to park a trailer during the winter rents for more than a 3 bdrm house in high priced markets. It's not all gravy - just sayin'

I think I live in the best place in the US. Just have to enjoy winter, but we do have water and good people - must be heaven lol

edit: I can't believe you invited this bunch to tell you "where to go" hahaha

 

Hands down I think South Carolina has a lot to offer. Good weather year round. Aiken SC and Camden SC have a lot of horse farms and quite a few race horses. Also a lot of good companies looking for qualified drug free employees. Easy access to mountains and beaches. I live south of Columbia and have worked around this area all my life. Enjoy going to Columbia and everywhere else around SC, NC, and Georgia. I had a friend who moved here from New Mexico and had a hard time adjusting to the crowded feeling with all the big trees he was not used to. Good luck wherever you end up going.

 

Yeah....me too!!

I would select Eastern Wa too!

Second choice would be NV. (Reno Area---South)

Both Wa and NV have NO income tax!!



Cheers,

Rick

 

Man, lots of different places to check out, thanks.

lol I wasn't so much asking on being told where to go as trying to figure out what different parts of the country are currently like.

$20 says I end up somewhere no one mentioned and I never knew existed, lol

 

Only a few years earlier, I would not have told people about it so as not to spoil it. Sigh, it looks like I'm gonna get too old to start over again.
Check out Bisbee Az. A great place for an artist with a work ethic...slim

 

One might also get a job as a tour guide at the (now closed) Phelps-Dodge Copper Queen Mine, or as a ragtime piano 'perfesser' in some of the bars.

Tombstone isn't too far away from Bisbee, neither is Fort Huachuca (locals call it Fort Hoochie-Coochie), or the 'newish' bedroom community of Sierra Vista.

 

Ha!
I have several friends who have done quite well there. Being creative is the key...slim

 

well i don't really have any suggestions for ya. And i didn't really read the whole thread but just thought id say good luck and ill miss seeing your truck around. Just goes to show how different people are. All the reasons you hate Sheridan and Wyoming is exactly why i love it. There are a few to many rich old people though, wish they would all leave so it would be a true ranch town again. I love the wide open space and being able to see for miles with out a single building but my family was in Nebraska in the 1880s and left New York around 1850 so i guess we like our space. Don't come to Laramie there is even less to do than Sheridan unless you bartend, serve food, or teach at UW. Good luck

 

I don't hate Sheridan, actually a lot I live here. Our family history goes way back here. It's just time to move on. I'm a bit much of a rolling stone I suppose. I would love to come back here, I use to vacation here, but I guess I simply need to be somewhere else now.

 

*love not live, can't correct from my phone, lol