Without the negatives why should someone move to Wyoming and what brought you here?

[tigergal]

Originally Posted by juneaubound

. We thought we would just pick up our Tennessee life and lifestyle again. Too humid, too noisy, too fast, too many career welfare folks and wanna-be gang bangers, far far far too many people.

Are you sure you weren't in Memphis?

[juneaubound]

Originally Posted by tigergal

Are you sure you weren't in Memphis?

Naaaaah. Memphis is a hell hole.

Eastern middle Tennessee. Small town. Sirens going all the time. I like the "clean cut cowboy" look better than the "pants crotch hanging down to your knees" look.

[WyoNewk]

I was living in Alaska and loving it. My wife and I both had good jobs and enjoyed the outdoors, mainly fishing, camping and snowmobiling. But it was a long ways from our parents and sibs, and we had a new baby to show off. Then a friend called me from Lander. He had just moved there to a good job, loved it, and said he could get me a good job there or elsewhere in Wyoming. My wife and I talked about it and decided we were ready to leave Alaska, and Wyoming sounded good (second least populated state to the least populated).

The next thing I knew I had an interview lined up in Gillette, all expenses paid, so I took a look. I didn't like what I saw. This was 1970, and it was a pretty bleak looking prairie town. I turned down the offer and accepted a different one in Iowa. I couldn't wait for springtime and fishing season, but when it came I was disappointed. I'd forgotten about the muddy waters. Bullheads? Ugh! I wanted mountains and clear-running streams filled with trout. Within a week the place where I'd interviewed in Gillette called me back with a better offer -- one of those you just can't refuse (all but the horse's head).

That was 41 years ago, and they haven't been able to run me off yet. I've been tempted to move a few times, but when it came down to it, I just couldn't pull myself away. I like it here.

Someone uptopic mentioned that Wyoming is like a small town with very long streets. I've heard that before and it's true. Within weeks after moving here I'd met both U.S. Senators and the Governor. They didn't treat me like one of a million voters, but like a neighbor. Cool! And I was just a kid of 25. Within a year I knew a few people in most all of Wyoming's towns of any size. After two years a native asked me how long I'd lived in Gillette. "Two years already?" he says. "Then you're a native by Gillette standards." I liked that too. There are really a lot of nice, friendly people here and only me and a handful of other cranky ol' farts.

[tigergal]

Originally Posted by juneaubound

Naaaaah. Memphis is a hell hole.

Eastern middle Tennessee. Small town. Sirens going all the time. I like the "clean cut cowboy" look better than the "pants crotch hanging down to your knees" look.

Trust me, I know. I spent my life in Memphis til we moved here! I'm with you, I'm much happier with the fashion around here. lol

[ElkHunter]

Interstate 90 brought me to Wyoming. No, I'm not kidding. I was working for Peter Kiewit Construction and we had the contract to build I-90. In 1972 I hired on with them and we were working at Deadwood Ave in Rapid City. We laid a mile a day, all 4 lanes so it wasn't long to hit the state line into Wyoming. About that time I switched over to Structural. So box culverts, bridges, and overpasses is what I did all the way to Sheridan. Lived in Sundance, Moorecroft, Gillette, and then Sheridan. Gillette the longest because we worked out of Gillette and did all the bridges, culverts and overpasses all the way through Buffalo before we leaped into Sheridan.

When I lived in Gillette we were putting in the overpasses over Highway 59. We actually left the city limits of Gillette to drive out to the Bridges. There were NO buildings on the South Side of the bridges over 59. There were only 2 active mines south of town. Sierra Trailer court is where we lived. There were three of us that moved our trailers into Sierra. We were the first 3. There were no streets, no curbs, no sidewalks, just electric meters sticking out of the ground. We rented 133, 134, and 135. We have no idea who lived in 133 and 135 because we didn't know which way they were numbering the street. The company picked up the tab on our lot rent so one of us would go in and pay all three spots at the same time. It was 5 years later that I found out what lot I actually lived in.

Grew up in the Black Hills, just 18 miles straight West of Rapid City. When I got to the Big Horns, I realized I was home.

[Ltdumbear]

Without a doubt, the one main deciding factor that's kept me here in Wyoming is that there are LESS 'pretentious' people living/working here who feel (for whatever reason) compelled to manipulate others into saying or doing things that we might not ordinarily want to do.

That would include adopting an unwanted or undesired 'air' or 'aura' about ourselves which bespeaks of a life spent looking through rose-colored glasses.

Wyoming is a 'drama-free' environment; always was, always will be.

Out here in Wyoming, we are who and what we choose to be, and we will not be manipulated.

Ever.

[soloclick]

Oh kay....

[shadowwalker]

I have lived and worked in 4 other countries, 24 states of our united ones. And have found the lifestyle and general attitude of the people here to be best suited to my wants and make me feel comfortable over most of the state. And I have always came back home when I got enough of other places.
I do see this state changing slowly to what everyone else is getting away from.