I'm Canadian, currently living in Calgary. I've been to Wyoming, it was great! The people were fantastic. Also a shout out to the amazing people of Montana. As a Canadian I'm always thankful that we have such wonderful neighbors. God bless.
There are many many serious issues concerning Wyoming, many parts are simply unlivable, very few if any jobs, all low paying, crazy expensive rents, and prices for houses, its all Realtor Created Hype, designed to part you with your money, lots of scams, cons, and games go on in the housing and employment markets, The winters can close roads and highways for a few days to weeks on end, power outages are also common in the State, not good in the Winter. Very common for people to move to Wyoming, 5 or 6 months later...they are gone this happens all the time. People are leaving the State in numbers, and most of the smaller towns are simply failing, think twice about Wyoming, its not the pretty pictures people paint.
Over 90% of the people that move to Wyoming leave once they experience a Wyoming winter. Last January it got down to -40 F at the ranch house, and that was WITHOUT the wind.
I think you're way off base on this one Briggs. 90% of folks who might consider Wyoming as a relocation destination will be turned off by two major concerns - weather and good paying, stable jobs. And the majority of people, such as retirees, who don't have to worry about a decent paying job, will NOT want to endure the long, harsh winters. No way Wyoming is ever coming close to becoming a Texas type destination - and I'm sure the majority of Wyoming residents love that.
@@MatthewC137 Which is exactly why there are so few folks in Wyoming in the first place - it's a live and let live culture, as pointed out in the video. Do your own thing and not follow the herd. As you say, most people don't know what to do without someone telling them i.e. politicians, preachers, etc.
It's harsh climate and extremely cold temps in Winter will put a check on the growth. It will grow some in it's small towns. It's pretty ridiculous to compare Wyoming to Texas.
Asking a real estate agent whether you should buy a home right now is like to asking an alcoholic whether they think you should have a drink lol. Homes in my neighborhood that cost around $450k in sales in 2019 are now going for $800 to $950k. Every seller in my neighborhood is currently making a $350k profit. Simply unreal. In all honesty, deflation is what we require. The only other option is for many people to go bankrupt, which would also be bad for the economy. That is the only way to return to normal.
Home prices will come down eventually, but for now; its best to offset some of your real estate investments and get into the financial markets or gold. The new mortgage rates are crazy, add to that the recession and the fact that mortgage guidelines are getting more difficult. Home prices will need to fall by a minimum of 40% (more like 50%) before the market normalizes. If you are in cross roads or need sincere advise on the best moves to take now its best you seek an independent advisor who knows about the financial markets.
Wyoming is never going to be the new Texas based off of geography and climate alone. Not to mention no big cities and one 4 year school. Keep Wyoming, Wyoming
The desirable part of Wyoming is Yellowstone and the Jackson Hole area which makes up about 3 million acres. The other 60 million acres is not all that desirable. I personally don’t mind desolate and relatively flat land, but many people don’t understand that the majority of Wyoming is NOT Yellowstone!
And we couldn’t be happier with that assessment. Those of us who live in Wyoming don’t consider Jackson Hole to even really be Wyoming anyway. It’s a containment zone we pray will keep our state from suffering the same fate as Colorado.
There are a ton of unique, beautiful, and special places outside of Jackson or Yellowstone known only by some of the locals. They are off the beaten path, away from highways, and never advertised. There are many who live in Wyoming but they are only "tourists"
Yep its no, people don’t realize its high desert. What’s not desert is ranch land or oil. The only thing I miss is the drive to Routt NF and the Big Horns. Other than that. I’d never go back. The people I worked with were absolute monsters
Labor laws don’t exist out there. That’s another issue if you aren’t being paid by your employer or if your being beaten and abused by your employer. No one listens to Wyoming problems. Not the EEOC , and not the DOL
I have a fun fact regarding wyoming gun culture.... I lived in Casper a couple years about a decade ago. When December came, the most common door wreath was made with horns with shotgun shells for tassles. I asked people where they got them, and they all said they made them. Wyoming is a great place, but I doubt Wyoming will ever allow itself to be the next Texas or Florida. I knew construction workers. They told me it is hard to get approval to build houses and inside or on the edges of towns. And Apartments were even harder to get approved. That would cap the population growth. That and the fact men vastly outnumber women.
Men out number women? I remember working with women that moved to Alaska for that very reason, I don't know the stats now - this was back in the late 80's/90's,
Lack of female companionship was precisely the issue that made Wyoming "The Equality State". The federal government allowed women to vote in Federal elections in 1920. Wyoming allowed women to vote in State elections in 1869. (50 freaking years before the Feds). The right to vote was one of the primary draws to get women to move there. My grandmother's family, including her 3 sisters, moved there in 1903.
This is a giant swing and a miss for Briggs. It gets too cold and too windy in Wyoming for most people, and if that doesn't deter them, the reduced oxygen because of altitude will.
There's also the fact that Wyoming doesn't really have any big cities and a small LGBT population. I'm sure Texas has its fair share of gayborhoods considering how large and populated it is.
For many people it's just too cold, and aside from Cheyenne being a few hours away from Denver , it's a long way to a real city. No real airports hurts them as well and quite of a bit of the east part of the state is fairly bleak looking..
That was the most romanticized view of Wyoming I've ever heard! A bit over the top and I love the state Ive called home for 57 years of life. Truth is very few people that move here from warmer climates (just about everywhere) end up leaving. It's usually the wife hating the weather and no place to shop. Amazon kind of revolutionized Wyoming. There is not really any next day delivery though. People are buying up land fast though my property taxes have tripled in the last 5 years and houses have doubled plus some but I understand that is still cheap in comparison. The only way to really endure it here is you have to have a winter activity like snowmobiles or ice fishing. Just remember getting stuck or breaking down after a 5 minute ride on a snowmobile is a 3 hour walk minimum. A flat tire in the winter will change your life and remember every travelers most horrifying story involves crossing Wyoming in Jan or Dec or any time oct to may. I have ice covered streets at least 4 months and sometimes more. Not kidding. People here are tough, don't complain much and don't really understand all the crap we see in the news. It's nothing like this video though!
@@checkdacontract Depends on where you live “elevation”. I’m at 6800 feet and we can’t count on a garden without a greenhouse. Some years you might get a few things to grow but it usually freezes growing season is less than 3 months freeze to freeze. Lower elevations do ok.
@@chadbutler3277 Thanks for the information. I'll for sure focus on the lower elevations. The rich volcanic soil out there has to be amazing for growing-- especially as the global fertilizer crisis gets worse.
I'm a native Texan looking to move, and Wyoming is one of the places I am looking. After 65 years, I've had it with the summers around here! If I could afford it, I'd summer in the mountain west, and winter in Texas. Unfortunately, I'm poor. 😢
I’m in AZ, but grew up in TX. I want to move back to TX when I get my finances right. AZ is absolutely hotter than TX, and doesn’t matter about dry or humid, it’s just hot. What part of Texas are you in?
I've recently considered Wyoming because thus summer in Texas has fried my brain and my only relatives here are moving to North Carolina next year. I'm retired and have a little house on the coastal bend that costs me less to live in than anywhere else I could go so I'm pretty much stuck. Honestly, I don't think I could take the Wyoming winters. I'd be a prisoner in the house in the winter like I'm a prisoner in the house here in the summer. So I guess I'll not going anywhere. 😢
@@maggiemay97 yea, winter is holding me back on making a decision. I don’t have enough money to change once I make a move. It has to be right the first time. 😬
The other reason you get more stars in Wyoming is that you are at high elevation and so there is less atmosphere above you to scatter light and less water vapor to reflect it. Plus the atmosphere is usually cold which further decreases the water vapor.
I’ve lived in Wyoming over 50 years now. I believe it would take a MAJOR influx from out of state people to change our attitudes. But not Jackson Hole… the joke here is “the best thing about Jackson is it is really close to Wyoming”. We don’t claim Jackson Hole. It’s not at all like Wyoming is. Everybody know that, and we call Jackson “Jackafornia”.
@@whizbang7130 My family burial plot is in Georgetown, Texas. Georgetown is 26 miles north of Austin. I still go to Georgetown often as more and more on my older generation die off. I know the area well…. and I know Austin well….. and I really don’t speak of Georgetown being 26 miles north of Austin anymore. I reference Georgetown, Texas as being 76 miles southwest of Waco, Texas. I pretend Austin isn’t near where at least a dozen of my older family are buried.
In 2009 I had been hired to work in Jamestown Wyoming. Oddly the deal to sell my house fell through several times. Leaving me with my house in Jamestown New York. Everything for a reason. I accepted a temporary job in a ground beef processing plant where I met and eventually married my husband. That loner mentality and my love of nature are a reason I thought of just picking up and going. Good video. Thank you!
@@Sebman1113just looked it up Rochester supposedly gets a lot of snow got 53"... heh I got over 230 this last winter in wy. How much do you usually get?
@@Sebman1113 Wyoming is notorious for bad weather but I live in North Dakota, so I don’t feel like it would be nearly as bad as where I’m at. I wonder why it’s one of the most defining features of the state? It’s windy there, but it’s basically just as windy here too.
Wyoming has been calling my name for 4-5 years. There have been 2 things holding me back: 1) I have not been there to check it out yet 2) Real estate seems to be 3x higher than my current location. Maybe when my business takes off and I’m making more money, I can justify the move a little easier.
Something else they fail to mention, The roads during the winter and sometimes the rest of the year (primarily winter) being shut down. Great, someone moved to Laramie but found a job in Cheyenne or visa versa; be prepared to miss time. I feel bad for our truckers on I-80 and I-25 going through Wyoming. Its like a game of Russian Roulette with the truckers losing a good portion of the time. I've seen Truckers stranded here in Cheyenne 2 weeks at a time. Money isn't earning if the wheels aren't turning. If you are still driving Ray, be safe.
Wyoming is dotted with a number of towns in the 5-10k people range. Self-employed contractors, plumbers, electricians, etc., may find themselves with little or no competition and can make a VERY healthy living. Most others moving here need to bring fat cash with them.
I live in WY and good plumbers, electricians, general contractors are hard to come by. If you are in a trade and are good, honest and responsive you would crush in WY!
I grew up there, and would never consider returning. Most of my friends that stayed committed suicide or died of alcohol induced liver disease. When I left 50 years ago, Cheyenne had 50,000 people. It still does.
I also grew up there and will never go back. We lived in a mining town in western Wyoming and were mercilessly persecuted constantly for 14 years. No one in my family committed suicide, but several of our friends did.
@@reiddavidson It’s hard to explain it succinctly, but just to give you a taste, my mom went to the pharmacy once when she was having a pregnancy problem. The pharmacist closed the door in her face, locked and said, “we’re closed”. It was 20 minutes before closing time. My mom tried to explain through the door that she was having an emergency and the guy swore at her and said something about her having too many kids already.
Wyoming born and raised. I’ve gotta say, you’ll probably get some pushback from Wyoming natives. They love their isolation and, though friendly, also protective of their turf.
I don't even live in Wyoming and I agree with the natives; go away. I wouldn't mind having a ranch there, the sort of place where you drive five minutes just to get to the mailbox.
It is funny how so many Americans do not want other, born and raised, hard working Americans moving to “THEIR” state. So much for the UNITED States of America.
I drove through Wyoming a couple years back, down from Yellowstone to Colorado. I would be willing to retire there. One thing I can tell you is that make sure you stop for gas when it's available. There's a lot of unpopulated land, found that out the hard way and almost ran out of gas. Lol
I am a Texan from Wyoming and no it’s not. Wyoming just lost it’s tax revenue when the Climate elite declared war on coal and oil. Wyomings vast federal lands mean property is expensive. Low murder rate? Wyoming is open carry. During past economic booms the murder rate rises.
I moved to WY in my late twenties and loved the “free-range” Cowboy lifestyle, but I had to leave to find decently paid work after finishing grad school. While in WY I brought an older sister out from Virginia but she, despite the same educational & skill level as I, spent a full year unsuccessfully looking for professional work in her field; she eventually moved to Arizona. While In WY, she found the winter nearly unbearable… The constant hurricane-like winds made lighter people walk tilted into the wind and blew the abundant powdery snow east, into Nebraska! 😂
I live in Minnesota and people from places like California moved here and to find out they couldn't handle the long winters and cold. I heard one person say, I didn't know it got that cold here.
Folks believe people in Wyoming are friendly, but the truth is, with just a little over half a million people in the whole state, we’re really just lonely!
I have been considering moving to Wyoming for over 20 years, the main reason I haven't moved there is it's tendency to be WINDY, not to mention COLD, I hate excessive wind (and cold) and love to ride my motorcycle year-round. It used to be "cheap" to live in Florida too, before "everyone" decided to move here, now the cost to live here is "nuts".
Yes and no are two words or ways to describe that Wyoming is becoming the new Texas. I can attest to this being born and raised in Texas and living close to and having been to Wyoming multiple times. Yes, Wyoming has multiple things in common with the Lonestar state that many people don’t understand, both states have no state income tax, have high numbers of gun owners, conservative, and not as densely populated. However, their populations are nowhere close to each other. Wyoming doesn’t have really any midsize or major metros, Wyoming seems to be growing fast because it’s doesn’t have as many people as Texas so it increases the percentage faster in that case, Texas is slowly becoming blue politically, and as of last year Hispanics are the largest racial group in Texas, Wyoming is far less diverse statistically which is not necessarily a bad thing at all, it may make it feel not belonged in any way as typically people mostly tend to associate with those of the same ethnicity as them. Otherwise, they are good and bad things about Wyoming and Texas.
Texas is far from heavily conservative. Doing everything to make voting difficult is the only way conservatives have a chance in TX. Wyoming is #1 for suicide btw
You’ve hit on it. It doesn’t take very many people going there for it to seem like there is a flood. In reality, there are only a couple areas with outsiders moving in. And even that isn’t a lot. Most parts of the state are a great secret that most people don’t know about and aren’t moving to.
Texas is mostly open land. People don't move to "Texas", they move to Houston, Dallas-Ft Worth, Austin, San Antonio. Any of those cities eclipse Wyoming as a whole in all factors except natural beauty.
Great video Briggs, life long Texan here, I spent a good portion of vacation time in Wyoming this summer and I think it is a beautiful place. I am also pretty sure that if I was there in the winter I’d change my mind. I hate extreme cold weather worse than extreme heat.
That made me chuckle! When I was worked in Irving, Texas, many years ago, there was a nasty ice storm. Out of an entire floor of workers, three of us made it into the office; one who grew up in Illinois, one from Michigan and one from South Dakota. This video makes it look like most of Wyoming is pristine, pine-covered mountains. I lived in Casper briefly as a kid. My main memory is that it smelled like oil with drilling rigs everywhere.
I saw a vehicle from California just north of Cheyenne. It was so windy I thought to myself watch this. They got out of there car to take a picture of the cattle. The look on there faces was priceless! The wind is crazy and add winter will make you think twice! No place to plug in your Tesla, better plan ahead! No internet or phone service for miles. You will drive miles seeing nothing but barren grass lands and pronghorns! If you like remote wilderness and simple living it is nice.
This is pretty cool, back in 2019 I went on a road trip around the western half of the states and passing through Wyoming is absolutely top 3 for the places I drove through and got to experience on the way
I’ll enjoy cozying up next to the fireplace. Looking forward to the dry winters. The wet humid winters up in PA made your bones cold even if it was still in the double digits. Can’t stand humidity in the summer either. So I’m hoping it’s a win win.
I live in Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and I’m hoping this happens. We need to spread these people around split them up amongst the different states. They don’t all need to be in Texas.
I love the statement in the beginning. That Wyoming wanted to show off a bit! All of the wide open space even if it's windy as s*** and a lot of cold, there's nobody here. That's the biggest beauty.
Wyoming is just a small town with really long streets. And people think us in Wyoming are friendly, but with just over a half a million people, we are just LONELY!
I was born in Wyoming, and love my native state. My family moved to Denver in 1963. I was 3 years old. I doubt many people can endure the climate and wind, the cowboy state is famous for. I love to visit, but could probably never live there.
The data on number of homes with a firearm is substantially under reported in all cases. The numbers some from phone surveys which are totally inaccurate because many of us do not trust anyone who is asking if we have firearms in the house. It’s either hang up or say no. My doctor asked “do you have firearms at home” I asked “is your wife good in bed” Just as inappropriate a question as he asked me.
I assume all of the smaller populated states aside the northeast, Louisiana, and Kansas will see their populations increase as hot spots as things like remote work get more popular and face lesser backlash from the type of bosses who want their employees in the office.
@@ebinrock I was born and raised there too; when I did truck driving it did make me appreciate it more though. Its not the best state but its definitely not the worst either. Also what is said is that I actually a watch the state sabotage great opportunities that came to it; for example the a G League NBA affiliate team and the movie industry are 2 examples of opportunities that we was presented with and preferred but the state messed it up themselves. Its almost like a person that messes up good things in their life because they don't think they're worthy.
Wyoming... a saying from growing up here is... “ Ya gotta be tough when you’re movin out West!... That is a very true statement. Know how to do some horse tradin.. be multi skilled or willing to be. Navigating life here is like Poker.. ya win some ya lose some but hard work always pays off! Some of the Best Genuine Real Folks live and work here. It’s what you make it.. so that means It’s freedom real freedom! You can be what ever you want. Lots of hard work wit and determination. If I can do it you can too! Welcome to all who want to live here remember Ya gotta be Tough when you’re movin out West!🤠👍
For many years so many people clowned me for liking Wyoming Montana and Idaho instead of Florida or all these other night club states. Looks like now my opinion is the hot talk of the town now.
Those people were probably having a blast living life in their 20s and early 30s. Then they got to their mid 30s are now are ready to move to a slower, more chill area. Its a good strategy to get a lot out of life
I'm going with No for some of the basic of reasons. Accessibility, tract prices, job availability, supply access, and a few more things. Wyoming has some of the most beautiful scenery in the country but unless I'm selling postcards of it I cant eat scenery. Granted both have no state income tax (I live in SE Texas) and TX has pretty high property tax and all but we have the option to be in a large metropolis (which I refuse to do!), or in the middle of nowhere or somewhere in between. I've never lived in Wyoming but I've been there twice (business) but it's on my short list if I ever had to leave Texas like it's falling off into the Gulf of Mexico or something.
I hope not, I`m from Texas, and plan of retiring in Wyoming, one of the main draws is the natural beauty, as well as small population. I am also looking at Idaho, as another option. A lot of times for some reason, when people move from a Blue state to a Red state, they tend to vote for the same policies, that made them want to leave their old state. instead of embracing their new state.
Why would he? The focus of the video is why people are moving there. Why would he make a video about positive things about Wyoming and than start talking about negatives?
In the last 3 years- Got our first blizzard as early as Sept 1st, and last blizzard on May 31st. Winters are long, boring and a reminder of just how remote we live. Hope you like sitting inside for 2/3 of the year watching television and worrying if your car will start in the morning.
It's actually the exact theory I had a couple years back (maybe influenced from you). If remote work and house availability keeps up then yes I see Wyoming being in demand for a destination to live in.
The most desirable locations in Wyoming are unaffordable for the average US citizen. If you work for someone else, even if you work from home, you can’t afford the Jackson Hole area. Once you get out of the mountainous areas, Wyoming is pretty desolate.
It's an ideal state for remote workers assuming they don't mind the weather and isolation. The local job market, even in the bigger towns isn't great. You really have to bring your job with you, or find a way to make it on your own for the most part.
Wyoming is great. I've taken a few vacations there. Also hotshotted supllies to the oilfields around Rock Springs and Worland. I think the wind and harsh winters keep the State from having a huge influx of new residents.
Oh, hell yes! Y’all get on up to Wyoming now. Lovely place. Best of all, you won’t be screwing up our real estate prices down here anymore. Watch out for grizzlies! 🐻
yeah right…..You had 30 yrs to leave and you still have not….so much for leave in a heartbeat! Whats true is the opposite, if you leave California, you will be begging to go back!
I moved to WY 3.5 years ago. Most of Wyoming is NOT like the images you show. The nice areas with trees, mountains, and streams cost millions of dollars for homes. Most of of WY is very desert-like and WINDY. And in the winter it's very cold.
I'm from Wisconsin and I am currently helping build a house in Wyoming with a friend. It's cold, windy and flat. It's big sky country and as a Wisconsin guy I found it too wide open/flat, too windy and way too cold. It's significantly colder than Wisconsin and way way way windier.
I'm from Texas. I moved to Wyoming. The people speak in different accents. You can come on up. Stay a winter, Texans (or anyone else for that matter). Your wife will want out after 1 or two years tops. And you will have to make a choice about staying married or not. There is a reason the population has remained constant for 50 years. Consider how you want to live. Try to stay here for a few winters. You won't like it. The town here doesn't plow the roads.
Yep it's the middle of nowhere. Beautiful of course... but... these trends from remote work of people wanting to live out a fantasy often meets reality.
@@brianlindley846 I lived in Cheyenne. I spent 90% of my money (other than rent) in CO. Everything I bought in CO paid sales tax in CO, thousands of dollars in gas in CO. Ski trips in CO, hotels , airport, restaurants in CO, pro sports tickets and broadway type shows in CO. Etc etc. During Covid I did the math of how much it would’ve cost us to live in CO compared to WY based on what I just stated above. Cost of living would’ve been cheaper if we had just lived in CO. After 6 years in WY, we reset our retirement life to fit our lifestyle and since 2021 we have lived in Napa, Destin/FWB and now Tokyo. Napa and Destin/FWB were both equally expensive even though one is in CA and one in FL. Tokyo has been 50% cheaper cost of living than in FL with an unmatched quality of life. Japan is probably the safest country in the world. Kindergarten kids get on the train by themselves to go to school and they make it back home every day. Unreal.
@@brianlindley846 Most of our groceries were done in CO. Plus we also need some quality of life which was also in CO. Thankfully the pandemic gave me time to rethink our retirement plans. Both my Wife and I are military retirees and had made WY our forever home mostly due to the low taxes and no tax on military retirement. 6 years in WY was enough for us to realize there is a better way of life around the world.
This guy must live in Texas... Tryin' to send people to my Wyoming. You didn't tell them about the ridiculously Cold winters, -30 for over a month... And the wind, the wind never stops. You should definitely move to Texas or Florida. 🤘
It’s only a matter of time. The last time we had a major Spring storm was back in 1984. Back then it was a week long blizzard with five feet of snow on the level and snow drifts as high as fifteen feet. If you can’t handle these kinds of storms ( we used to get them ever four or five years) you might want to rethink moving to Wyoming. If you want to know how bad it can get look up The Blizzard of 1949.
My goodness, Briggs, you forgot to mention Thermopolis, WY which has a natural hot springs that is open 365 days a year and is free! Great report by the way! Appreciate your videos and often check into your channel. Cheers!
Most people can't handle the long winters. Snow and wind generally starts middle of October and ends middle of May. Most of the winter gets 30mph winds with many days getting 75mph gusts. The higher gusts usually comes with the cooler temps making teens feel like -20 and -20 feel like -50. When snow comes 2 inches can shut down the roads. Higher amounts can shut down the roads for 4 to 5 days. They have gates on the roads to ensure no one travels. So if you go off the road you can be trapped for a very long time! Winter makes medical emergencies impossible during the storms. Another thing people don't realize is the high altitude makes thin air. All the old people walk around with air tanks because the air is so thin. I bet its the #1 state to use the most oxygen tanks. So if you are a smoker, you will have breathing difficulties. After we got covid, we had a very hard time breathing and we are not smokers! As far as the 2nd ammendment, the people are very proud! If you don't like guns stay away because you will be offended. Thats all they talk about and everyone is armed! It is very old school! Women are still treated like back in the day. Men talk to men and negotiate with men only. Men will get jobs over women. It's still a very prejudice state. I have heard of smaller towns running out people of color as well as gays all around the state. They are extremely blunt and to the point. People in Wyoming do not mince words. They mean what they say and they say what they mean. With that said, they are some of the most friendly, polite, and helpful people you will ever meet. However, do not cross them and never try to change their ways. They like it how it is and the most popular saying here is "if you don’t like it, leave" They are one of the only states left with real men! When I say real men, I mean they look and act like a man. There is nothing feminine about them! So many people feel intimidated by men like this so be prepared for a while state of them. If you are going to move to Wyoming, be sure to figure out how to survive when the roads are closed for days as well as always have a backpack with survival gear every time you go out because its so desolate that if your vehicle breaks down you can be out there for days and no one will find you!!! Every year people from Colorado come up and die in the lakes and hiking trails, its no joke! There are millions of acres of public lands most of which the access is 2 ruts for your tires. No one is going to go out there looking for you! Jobs are difficult to find and the state works harder at keeping large companies out than allowing them in because they do not want the population growth. The number 1 industry is likely medical and oil. Oil rigging is beyond tough. People regularly loose limbs on the rigs! Medical requires a big education. Other than that not many jobs and many jobs are still as low as $12/hr. Not a living wage for today. So it's a good retirement or work from home state if you can even get internet. Over all people either love Wyoming or they hate it, not many in the middle. The benefits are amazing but the cons are there as well and much different than other states. This is the last frontier and they will fight to keep it that way! Wish you all the best on your journeys!
Is it because people are fleeing the overflow of millions of unvetted individuals who are flooding Texas and would like their value system and lifestyle to remain intact?
I am a native of Idaho and now reside in Arizona, I have been looking at Wyoming for the last 6 years.... And indeed I have taken many trips from Boise to Denver through Wyoming in the winter when I was younger... Yes indeed the winters are very cold..... I did a lot of work with an oil exploration crew 47 years ago in Wyoming Nevada... Anyone considering it needs to understand that is cold and very rural, with a low population.....Wyoming or eastern Oregon when it gets annexed to Idaho would be my choice! Lets not forget....only 4 states use goldbacks....Wyoming, Nevada, Utah and New Hampshire!
Perfect timing! I'm close to retiring and have narrowed it down to three states - Wyoming, Nevada, and Utah. Love your channel. Got one of your shirts and wear it often.
I live in Northern Nevada and have for almost 50 years. They push growth well past what the area can handle as far as resources are concerned, property taxes are getting out of control, traffic is nuts and home prices are ridiculous. Do some research and see for yourself, I'm working as hard a possible to get out of here and get my sanity back and WY is my target.
Being raised in southern Wyoming I’ll take Texas, people are not overly friendly towards Texans buying up land with little diversity in rural areas. There is a large portion of Wyoming with super high wind, tornadoes and hail, very few trees and lots of sage. Hunting and fishing are great statewide in Wyoming but I think the big part you left out is land ownership cost, Wyoming is very expensive to live in, your going to write a sizable check for land and housing not to mention groceries and gas
You’ve done a real good job with predicting Wyomings future based on the data available. One thing you forgot unique Wyoming that puts a Hugh wrinkle into reality. There is NO water in Wyoming. That’s why it hasn’t grown.
Yes a lot of people move here from Texas. That and Oklahoma. Because that is the energy triangle. People will move here when the jobs in the oil fields are spiking, and then they move on to the next leg of the triangle when the jobs move there. With the recent bust in the energy industry, many of the boom and bust towns started to clear out. Wyoming hasn't been good at diversifying their economy and there isn't a large amount of jobs that pay well outside of the energy industry. There are some people talking about remote work in the comments, but something they have to understand is there are large areas in Wyoming where you will get little to no internet. In fact, depending on where you live, there might not be utilities to your property and you have to pay quite a bit to bring them there. A lot of rural residences have well water and septic tanks. For people that want to live off grid, they can certainly go for it easily here, but they have to survive the winter. when you know off the top of your head that -40 is the point Fahrenheit and Celsius meet and pass each other because you've watched it on a thermometer, it can be miserable. not all winters are like that of course.
Just had a friend move out there from WA State. Politics, gun laws and cost of living were big things for him to make the move. Also a lot closer to family in Colorado without the Politics, guns laws and cost of living of Colorado.
I'm Canadian, currently living in Calgary. I've been to Wyoming, it was great! The people were fantastic. Also a shout out to the amazing people of Montana. As a Canadian I'm always thankful that we have such wonderful neighbors. God bless.
As an Albertan which city do you think is better?
Calgary or Edmonton?
Only one major issue with Wyoming - the intolerable winters.
Yeah definitely not for weak people
All these people going to Wyoming are they seasonal or permanent. They should live there after a couple of winters.
@@TheAmphicyontoo many snow birds
I'm hoping that keeps people away.
There are many many serious issues concerning Wyoming, many parts are simply unlivable, very few if any jobs, all low paying, crazy expensive rents, and prices for houses, its all Realtor Created Hype, designed to part you with your money, lots of scams, cons, and games go on in the housing and employment markets, The winters can close roads and highways for a few days to weeks on end, power outages are also common in the State, not good in the Winter. Very common for people to move to Wyoming, 5 or 6 months later...they are gone this happens all the time. People are leaving the State in numbers, and most of the smaller towns are simply failing, think twice about Wyoming, its not the pretty pictures people paint.
Over 90% of the people that move to Wyoming leave once they experience a Wyoming winter. Last January it got down to -40 F at the ranch house, and that was WITHOUT the wind.
Last winter was, well it was last winter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wyoming seems like a good idea until you get to Wyoming.
Good point you make because Wyoming is a VERY windy place. And this is coming from someone who has lived Texas, Idaho, Utah, and Massachusetts.
Can I ask where you live?
It’s not so bad if you keep your outside activities limited to five minute intervals.
I think you're way off base on this one Briggs. 90% of folks who might consider Wyoming as a relocation destination will be turned off by two major concerns - weather and good paying, stable jobs. And the majority of people, such as retirees, who don't have to worry about a decent paying job, will NOT want to endure the long, harsh winters. No way Wyoming is ever coming close to becoming a Texas type destination - and I'm sure the majority of Wyoming residents love that.
Yep you better not have anything against cold or coal, otherwise you're gonna be pretty let down.
Yeah, like leave these states alone. Its almost like it makes the host happy to talk about destroying a new state
@mrshadow917 In droves?? If you believe anything put out by CBS or any MSM, good on ya mate.
90% will also be turned off by the lack of people. Sheeple are herd animals so they do poorly without a crowd to follow.
@@MatthewC137 Which is exactly why there are so few folks in Wyoming in the first place - it's a live and let live culture, as pointed out in the video. Do your own thing and not follow the herd. As you say, most people don't know what to do without someone telling them i.e. politicians, preachers, etc.
It's harsh climate and extremely cold temps in Winter will put a check on the growth. It will grow some in it's small towns. It's pretty ridiculous to compare Wyoming to Texas.
Hmm, cold. I like, I like.
That’s what they all say. And then they move out after below zero temps for days straight lol
@@jongallardo8006 All one needs is a layer of blubber and a good coat/jacket. Heat is much tougher to deal with.
It’s really not about the cold, it’s about the constant relentless wind. One year there will prove that
@@texastwister6417 Yes, wind can be tough.
Asking a real estate agent whether you should buy a home right now is like to asking an alcoholic whether they think you should have a drink lol. Homes in my neighborhood that cost around $450k in sales in 2019 are now going for $800 to $950k. Every seller in my neighborhood is currently making a $350k profit. Simply unreal. In all honesty, deflation is what we require. The only other option is for many people to go bankrupt, which would also be bad for the economy. That is the only way to return to normal.
Home prices will come down eventually, but for now; its best to offset some of your real estate investments and get into the financial markets or gold. The new mortgage rates are crazy, add to that the recession and the fact that mortgage guidelines are getting more difficult. Home prices will need to fall by a minimum of 40% (more like 50%) before the market normalizes. If you are in cross roads or need sincere advise on the best moves to take now its best you seek an independent advisor who knows about the financial markets.
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Wyoming is never going to be the new Texas based off of geography and climate alone. Not to mention no big cities and one 4 year school. Keep Wyoming, Wyoming
What timing, this video is posted after Wyoming's upset victory over TexasTech, last week.👍👍
@@ChristopherEvans-650I was thinking that too, go pokes!!!!!
Keep Wyoming, Wyoming.
Let Wyoming develop and flourish. The people will decide.
Lol 😂 I love this comment
The desirable part of Wyoming is Yellowstone and the Jackson Hole area which makes up about 3 million acres. The other 60 million acres is not all that desirable. I personally don’t mind desolate and relatively flat land, but many people don’t understand that the majority of Wyoming is NOT Yellowstone!
And we couldn’t be happier with that assessment. Those of us who live in Wyoming don’t consider Jackson Hole to even really be Wyoming anyway. It’s a containment zone we pray will keep our state from suffering the same fate as Colorado.
Median home price in Jackson is 5.0 Million;
There are a ton of unique, beautiful, and special places outside of Jackson or Yellowstone known only by some of the locals. They are off the beaten path, away from highways, and never advertised. There are many who live in Wyoming but they are only "tourists"
Yep its no, people don’t realize its high desert. What’s not desert is ranch land or oil. The only thing I miss is the drive to Routt NF and the Big Horns. Other than that. I’d never go back. The people I worked with were absolute monsters
Labor laws don’t exist out there. That’s another issue if you aren’t being paid by your employer or if your being beaten and abused by your employer. No one listens to Wyoming problems. Not the EEOC , and not the DOL
I have a fun fact regarding wyoming gun culture.... I lived in Casper a couple years about a decade ago. When December came, the most common door wreath was made with horns with shotgun shells for tassles. I asked people where they got them, and they all said they made them.
Wyoming is a great place, but I doubt Wyoming will ever allow itself to be the next Texas or Florida. I knew construction workers. They told me it is hard to get approval to build houses and inside or on the edges of towns. And Apartments were even harder to get approved. That would cap the population growth. That and the fact men vastly outnumber women.
Men out number women? I remember working with women that moved to Alaska for that very reason, I don't know the stats now - this was back in the late 80's/90's,
Lack of female companionship was precisely the issue that made Wyoming "The Equality State". The federal government allowed women to vote in Federal elections in 1920. Wyoming allowed women to vote in State elections in 1869. (50 freaking years before the Feds). The right to vote was one of the primary draws to get women to move there. My grandmother's family, including her 3 sisters, moved there in 1903.
That last part makes Wyoming sound like a sausage fest. 😂 (Brokeback mountain vibes). 😅
Keep WY a free Republic.
This is a giant swing and a miss for Briggs. It gets too cold and too windy in Wyoming for most people, and if that doesn't deter them, the reduced oxygen because of altitude will.
There's also the fact that Wyoming doesn't really have any big cities and a small LGBT population. I'm sure Texas has its fair share of gayborhoods considering how large and populated it is.
Shhhhh, the wind is our easter egg. If the cold doesn't get them, then the cold with the windchill will.
@@Josh-KJ7OEPp😊
@@termitesc.aardwolf3644 Did you seriously type that a low amount of LGBT is going to deter most people from moving there,omg lmaooooooooooooooooooooo
Wyoming is as lit up as San Francisco demographically. People are people wherever you go.
Thanks Briggs for the kind words about our state but most people can't handle our weather, no big cities and isolation.
Wyoming has better weather than Colorado and the cities are too notch 😂
@@jsimsgt96No it doesn’t the wind in Wyoming is intolerable and far worse than Colorado
-38 degrees last Christmas and we’ve had 113mph in park county
@@C_wyoming7 I’m trying to empty out Colorado bro!
@@C_wyoming7 we had 107mph at my house this January. I’m in c springs
For many people it's just too cold, and aside from Cheyenne being a few hours away from Denver , it's a long way to a real city. No real airports hurts them as well and quite of a bit of the east part of the state is fairly bleak looking..
Hey now… Casper has an international airport!
That was the most romanticized view of Wyoming I've ever heard! A bit over the top and I love the state Ive called home for 57 years of life. Truth is very few people that move here from warmer climates (just about everywhere) end up leaving. It's usually the wife hating the weather and no place to shop. Amazon kind of revolutionized Wyoming. There is not really any next day delivery though. People are buying up land fast though my property taxes have tripled in the last 5 years and houses have doubled plus some but I understand that is still cheap in comparison. The only way to really endure it here is you have to have a winter activity like snowmobiles or ice fishing. Just remember getting stuck or breaking down after a 5 minute ride on a snowmobile is a 3 hour walk minimum. A flat tire in the winter will change your life and remember every travelers most horrifying story involves crossing Wyoming in Jan or Dec or any time oct to may. I have ice covered streets at least 4 months and sometimes more. Not kidding. People here are tough, don't complain much and don't really understand all the crap we see in the news. It's nothing like this video though!
How many months out of the year can you grow a vegetable garden?
@@checkdacontract Depends on where you live “elevation”. I’m at 6800 feet and we can’t count on a garden without a greenhouse. Some years you might get a few things to grow but it usually freezes growing season is less than 3 months freeze to freeze. Lower elevations do ok.
@@chadbutler3277 Thanks for the information. I'll for sure focus on the lower elevations. The rich volcanic soil out there has to be amazing for growing-- especially as the global fertilizer crisis gets worse.
@@checkdacontract Lovell Wyoming 👍
I'm a native Texan looking to move, and Wyoming is one of the places I am looking. After 65 years, I've had it with the summers around here! If I could afford it, I'd summer in the mountain west, and winter in Texas. Unfortunately, I'm poor. 😢
Same here. The last 2 summers have been lethal!
I’m in AZ, but grew up in TX. I want to move back to TX when I get my finances right. AZ is absolutely hotter than TX, and doesn’t matter about dry or humid, it’s just hot. What part of Texas are you in?
LIAR
I've recently considered Wyoming because thus summer in Texas has fried my brain and my only relatives here are moving to North Carolina next year. I'm retired and have a little house on the coastal bend that costs me less to live in than anywhere else I could go so I'm pretty much stuck. Honestly, I don't think I could take the Wyoming winters. I'd be a prisoner in the house in the winter like I'm a prisoner in the house here in the summer. So I guess I'll not going anywhere. 😢
@@maggiemay97 yea, winter is holding me back on making a decision. I don’t have enough money to change once I make a move. It has to be right the first time. 😬
God, I hope not. Don’t ruin a perfect environment with overpopulation
This video is way off. Trust me y’all ain’t gotta worry about people coming up there. Y’all can have nowheresville
@jackbandit8854 what makes you an expert Mr suburb
We are all Americans and have the right to move where ever we want to
@@tallflguy just because someone can do something, doesn’t mean they should do something…
@@tallflguyExactly point on. Idk why people want to be gatekeepers about where others can live. Get over it and live life.
I'm a native Texan and i absolutely love Wyoming! Beautiful land!
are you? what tribe an clan..
Came for Frontier Days once?
The other reason you get more stars in Wyoming is that you are at high elevation and so there is less atmosphere above you to scatter light and less water vapor to reflect it. Plus the atmosphere is usually cold which further decreases the water vapor.
I’ve lived in Wyoming over 50 years now. I believe it would take a MAJOR influx from out of state people to change our attitudes. But not Jackson Hole… the joke here is “the best thing about Jackson is it is really close to Wyoming”. We don’t claim Jackson Hole. It’s not at all like Wyoming is. Everybody know that, and we call Jackson “Jackafornia”.
Like us Texans don't claim Austin.
@@whizbang7130 My family burial plot is in Georgetown, Texas. Georgetown is 26 miles north of Austin. I still go to Georgetown often as more and more on my older generation die off. I know the area well…. and I know Austin well….. and I really don’t speak of Georgetown being 26 miles north of Austin anymore. I reference Georgetown, Texas as being 76 miles southwest of Waco, Texas. I pretend Austin isn’t near where at least a dozen of my older family are buried.
In 2009 I had been hired to work in Jamestown Wyoming.
Oddly the deal to sell my house fell through several times. Leaving me with my house in Jamestown New York.
Everything for a reason. I accepted a temporary job in a ground beef processing plant where I met and eventually married my husband.
That loner mentality and my love of nature are a reason I thought of just picking up and going.
Good video. Thank you!
As a Texan, I do not wish the burden of all those fleeing the cesspools they created on anyone. Godspeed Wyoming.
Yeah, because TX isn't the cesspool of America.......
The wind and the weather in Wyoming is horrible.
That’s what drives most new people right back out
I probably wouldn’t mind it but who am I to say, I’m Minnesotan.
@@Sebman1113just looked it up Rochester supposedly gets a lot of snow got 53"... heh I got over 230 this last winter in wy. How much do you usually get?
@@Sebman1113 Wyoming is notorious for bad weather but I live in North Dakota, so I don’t feel like it would be nearly as bad as where I’m at. I wonder why it’s one of the most defining features of the state? It’s windy there, but it’s basically just as windy here too.
Harsh winters keep the lazy clowns away.
Wyoming has been calling my name for 4-5 years. There have been 2 things holding me back: 1) I have not been there to check it out yet 2) Real estate seems to be 3x higher than my current location. Maybe when my business takes off and I’m making more money, I can justify the move a little easier.
Yeah that's not what most of the state looks like. I dread driving through Wyoming in a semi. That wind is brutal.
I 80 is a deathtrap. I don't get making a living driving through it.
Yep, a lot of Wyoming is open prairie. Isolated spots of beautiful mountains but that's in the minority.
Exactly
FACTS!👏
Something else they fail to mention, The roads during the winter and sometimes the rest of the year (primarily winter) being shut down. Great, someone moved to Laramie but found a job in Cheyenne or visa versa; be prepared to miss time. I feel bad for our truckers on I-80 and I-25 going through Wyoming. Its like a game of Russian Roulette with the truckers losing a good portion of the time. I've seen Truckers stranded here in Cheyenne 2 weeks at a time. Money isn't earning if the wheels aren't turning. If you are still driving Ray, be safe.
Wyoming is dotted with a number of towns in the 5-10k people range. Self-employed contractors, plumbers, electricians, etc., may find themselves with little or no competition and can make a VERY healthy living. Most others moving here need to bring fat cash with them.
In other words, it's perfect.
I live in WY and good plumbers, electricians, general contractors are hard to come by. If you are in a trade and are good, honest and responsive you would crush in WY!
I grew up there, and would never consider returning. Most of my friends that stayed committed suicide or died of alcohol induced liver disease. When I left 50 years ago, Cheyenne had 50,000 people. It still does.
I also grew up there and will never go back. We lived in a mining town in western Wyoming and were mercilessly persecuted constantly for 14 years. No one in my family committed suicide, but several of our friends did.
what do you mean persecuted?@@Dadeeo
@@reiddavidson It’s hard to explain it succinctly, but just to give you a taste, my mom went to the pharmacy once when she was having a pregnancy problem. The pharmacist closed the door in her face, locked and said, “we’re closed”. It was 20 minutes before closing time. My mom tried to explain through the door that she was having an emergency and the guy swore at her and said something about her having too many kids already.
Wyoming born and raised. I’ve gotta say, you’ll probably get some pushback from Wyoming natives. They love their isolation and, though friendly, also protective of their turf.
I don't even live in Wyoming and I agree with the natives; go away. I wouldn't mind having a ranch there, the sort of place where you drive five minutes just to get to the mailbox.
It is funny how so many Americans do not want other, born and raised, hard working Americans moving to “THEIR” state. So much for the UNITED States of America.
It's not that they don't want other people moving to their state, they just don't want other people screwing their states up.@@scottmichaels12
@@scottmichaels12especially conservative states. They live in fear. Sad.
@@scottmichaels12 Rednecks are funny like that
I drove through Wyoming a couple years back, down from Yellowstone to Colorado. I would be willing to retire there. One thing I can tell you is that make sure you stop for gas when it's available. There's a lot of unpopulated land, found that out the hard way and almost ran out of gas. Lol
“Next Services 103 Miles”
I am a Texan from Wyoming and no it’s not. Wyoming just lost it’s tax revenue when the Climate elite declared war on coal and oil. Wyomings vast federal lands mean property is expensive. Low murder rate? Wyoming is open carry. During past economic booms the murder rate rises.
I moved to WY in my late twenties and loved the “free-range” Cowboy lifestyle, but I had to leave to find decently paid work after finishing grad school. While in WY I brought an older sister out from Virginia but she, despite the same educational & skill level as I, spent a full year unsuccessfully looking for professional work in her field; she eventually moved to Arizona. While In WY, she found the winter nearly unbearable… The constant hurricane-like winds made lighter people walk tilted into the wind and blew the abundant powdery snow east, into Nebraska! 😂
I can imagine that this is a great place for retired folks, rich folks, and telecommuters. But I don't see the attraction for the rest of us.
That extreme wind blows that way because Nebraska sucks
I live in Minnesota and people from places like California moved here and to find out they couldn't handle the long winters and cold. I heard one person say, I didn't know it got that cold here.
Did they ever wonder why Rocky and Bullwinkle's hometown is called Frostbite Falls?
Wow you gotta be kidding me….it’s like city slickers movie….some people are so dumb LOL…I’m hoping the heat drives people out of Texas too
@@Checkered_Demon00 texas heat is better than minnesota cold
I've visited Wyoming several times and love the friendly people and beautiful scenery.
Folks believe people in Wyoming are friendly, but the truth is, with just a little over half a million people in the whole state, we’re really just lonely!
I have been considering moving to Wyoming for over 20 years, the main reason I haven't moved there is it's tendency to be WINDY, not to mention COLD, I hate excessive wind (and cold) and love to ride my motorcycle year-round. It used to be "cheap" to live in Florida too, before "everyone" decided to move here, now the cost to live here is "nuts".
Yes and no are two words or ways to describe that Wyoming is becoming the new Texas. I can attest to this being born and raised in Texas and living close to and having been to Wyoming multiple times.
Yes, Wyoming has multiple things in common with the Lonestar state that many people don’t understand, both states have no state income tax, have high numbers of gun owners, conservative, and not as densely populated.
However, their populations are nowhere close to each other. Wyoming doesn’t have really any midsize or major metros, Wyoming seems to be growing fast because it’s doesn’t have as many people as Texas so it increases the percentage faster in that case, Texas is slowly becoming blue politically, and as of last year Hispanics are the largest racial group in Texas, Wyoming is far less diverse statistically which is not necessarily a bad thing at all, it may make it feel not belonged in any way as typically people mostly tend to associate with those of the same ethnicity as them. Otherwise, they are good and bad things about Wyoming and Texas.
Texas is far from heavily conservative. Doing everything to make voting difficult is the only way conservatives have a chance in TX.
Wyoming is #1 for suicide btw
You’ve hit on it. It doesn’t take very many people going there for it to seem like there is a flood. In reality, there are only a couple areas with outsiders moving in. And even that isn’t a lot. Most parts of the state are a great secret that most people don’t know about and aren’t moving to.
@@NOLAgenX Wyoming is piss poor paying state as well.
@@mmmd3429Yeah, most can’t afford the housing and land to move in with no good job prospects. I honestly do not understand why Briggs says it’s cheap.
@@NOLAgenX Remote workers will do whatever they want.
As a Texan, ALL my guns were lost in a TRAGIC boating accident , really ATF, all at bottom of a lake, forgot which one....
Texas is mostly open land. People don't move to "Texas", they move to Houston, Dallas-Ft Worth, Austin, San Antonio. Any of those cities eclipse Wyoming as a whole in all factors except natural beauty.
I lived in Cheyenne for 11 years. Absolutely loved it. The way I heard it is that Cheyenne has two seasons… Frontier Days and Winter.
If nothing else, I'd like this channel enough that I can always give it a thumbs up right when the video starts. Thank you.
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Always, informative and entertaining.
Great video Briggs, life long Texan here, I spent a good portion of vacation time in Wyoming this summer and I think it is a beautiful place. I am also pretty sure that if I was there in the winter I’d change my mind. I hate extreme cold weather worse than extreme heat.
I don't think Wyoming is going to be the new Texas. I've never heard of Wyoming shutting down the whole state because of a small snow storm.
I worked at Domino’s Pizza in Gillette during a blizzard. We stayed open 24 hours for about a week because so many other places were shut down.
@@danieldaniels7571Did you still deliver?
@@a012345 I didn’t deliver. At the time I didn’t even have a vehicle. I worked the phones and the ovens.
That made me chuckle! When I was worked in Irving, Texas, many years ago, there was a nasty ice storm. Out of an entire floor of workers, three of us made it into the office; one who grew up in Illinois, one from Michigan and one from South Dakota.
This video makes it look like most of Wyoming is pristine, pine-covered mountains. I lived in Casper briefly as a kid. My main memory is that it smelled like oil with drilling rigs everywhere.
Better to become TX. Than CA. With all them nut cases who have destoryed their state .
I saw a vehicle from California just north of Cheyenne. It was so windy I thought to myself watch this. They got out of there car to take a picture of the cattle. The look on there faces was priceless! The wind is crazy and add winter will make you think twice! No place to plug in your Tesla, better plan ahead! No internet or phone service for miles. You will drive miles seeing nothing but barren grass lands and pronghorns! If you like remote wilderness and simple living it is nice.
This is pretty cool, back in 2019 I went on a road trip around the western half of the states and passing through Wyoming is absolutely top 3 for the places I drove through and got to experience on the way
The snow doesn’t melt in Wyoming, it just gets wore out by the wind.
Just moved to Wyoming on August 1st from Knoxville, TN and couldn’t be happier. The east coast was too crowded for me.
Haven't been through a wyoming winter yet?
@@tman3831been through NW PA winters and dealt with lake effect snow from Lake Erie.
@@MichelleNovalee then maybe you'll be fine. I got about 20' of snow this last winter. Some people can't handle it. I personally love it
I’ll enjoy cozying up next to the fireplace. Looking forward to the dry winters. The wet humid winters up in PA made your bones cold even if it was still in the double digits. Can’t stand humidity in the summer either. So I’m hoping it’s a win win.
@@MichelleNovalee oh definitely! I prefer the dry snow too. Last winter was rough though. Ran out of fire wood and I had 5 cords stocked up!
Florida Man here. Same here on cost of living. The more people move in, the more the cost of living is going up.
I live in Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and I’m hoping this happens. We need to spread these people around split them up amongst the different states. They don’t all need to be in Texas.
Been here and Big D Texas all my life I have never seen it this bad. and it's getting worse and worse because of the Border
I love the statement in the beginning. That Wyoming wanted to show off a bit! All of the wide open space even if it's windy as s*** and a lot of cold, there's nobody here. That's the biggest beauty.
Wyoming is just a small town with really long streets. And people think us in Wyoming are friendly, but with just over a half a million people, we are just LONELY!
I was born in Wyoming, and love my native state. My family moved to Denver in 1963. I was 3 years old. I doubt many people can endure the climate and wind, the cowboy state is famous for. I love to visit, but could probably never live there.
Thanks for mentioning the University of Wyoming. I graduated from there with an MS in Accounting. Great school. Go Cowboys!
The data on number of homes with a firearm is substantially under reported in all cases. The numbers some from phone surveys which are totally inaccurate because many of us do not trust anyone who is asking if we have firearms in the house.
It’s either hang up or say no.
My doctor asked “do you have firearms at home”
I asked “is your wife good in bed”
Just as inappropriate a question as he asked me.
I assume all of the smaller populated states aside the northeast, Louisiana, and Kansas will see their populations increase as hot spots as things like remote work get more popular and face lesser backlash from the type of bosses who want their employees in the office.
Nope, louisiana is a shithole with no jobs and high crime.
It's actually been growing in the last 30 yrs or more, just very slowly.
@@OjukwuIsaacStill looks like a dump - and I can say that b/c I was born and raised there. Moved out as fast as I could.
@@ebinrock I was born and raised there too; when I did truck driving it did make me appreciate it more though. Its not the best state but its definitely not the worst either. Also what is said is that I actually a watch the state sabotage great opportunities that came to it; for example the a G League NBA affiliate team and the movie industry are 2 examples of opportunities that we was presented with and preferred but the state messed it up themselves. Its almost like a person that messes up good things in their life because they don't think they're worthy.
Wyoming... a saying from growing up here is... “ Ya gotta be tough when you’re movin out West!...
That is a very true statement.
Know how to do some horse tradin.. be multi skilled or willing to be. Navigating life here is like Poker.. ya win some ya lose some but hard work always pays off!
Some of the Best Genuine Real Folks live and work here.
It’s what you make it.. so that means It’s freedom real freedom! You can be what ever you want. Lots of hard work wit and determination.
If I can do it you can too!
Welcome to all who want to live here remember Ya gotta be Tough when you’re movin out West!🤠👍
For many years so many people clowned me for liking Wyoming Montana and Idaho instead of Florida or all these other night club states. Looks like now my opinion is the hot talk of the town now.
Those people were probably having a blast living life in their 20s and early 30s. Then they got to their mid 30s are now are ready to move to a slower, more chill area. Its a good strategy to get a lot out of life
I'm going with No for some of the basic of reasons. Accessibility, tract prices, job availability, supply access, and a few more things. Wyoming has some of the most beautiful scenery in the country but unless I'm selling postcards of it I cant eat scenery. Granted both have no state income tax (I live in SE Texas) and TX has pretty high property tax and all but we have the option to be in a large metropolis (which I refuse to do!), or in the middle of nowhere or somewhere in between. I've never lived in Wyoming but I've been there twice (business) but it's on my short list if I ever had to leave Texas like it's falling off into the Gulf of Mexico or something.
Absolutely BRUTAL winters. Indescribable if you haven’t experienced it.
Montana here. We love our guns and way of life ❤
I hope not, I`m from Texas, and plan of retiring in Wyoming, one of the main draws is the natural beauty, as well as small population. I am also looking at Idaho, as another option. A lot of times for some reason, when people move from a Blue state to a Red state, they tend to vote for the same policies, that made them want to leave their old state. instead of embracing their new state.
Your comment is a comedy of commas. :)
Great video. Lots of good laughs. But you forgot to mention the blizzards.
Funny how he didn’t mention it is one of the windiest states there is. Also COLD WINTERS with Lots of snow!!
Why would he? The focus of the video is why people are moving there. Why would he make a video about positive things about Wyoming and than start talking about negatives?
Hmm, cold. I like, I like. Wind - not so much. Maybe a zemljanka (Russian/Siberian home in the ground) is the solution.
@@bliss3596 He'd need a five part video to cover the negatives of Wyoming.
They could make another Shining movie in Wyoming during the Winter.
You see a lot of windmills in Wyoming.@@bliss3596
In the last 3 years- Got our first blizzard as early as Sept 1st, and last blizzard on May 31st. Winters are long, boring and a reminder of just how remote we live. Hope you like sitting inside for 2/3 of the year watching television and worrying if your car will start in the morning.
It's actually the exact theory I had a couple years back (maybe influenced from you). If remote work and house availability keeps up then yes I see Wyoming being in demand for a destination to live in.
The most desirable locations in Wyoming are unaffordable for the average US citizen. If you work for someone else, even if you work from home, you can’t afford the Jackson Hole area. Once you get out of the mountainous areas, Wyoming is pretty desolate.
Liar
It's an ideal state for remote workers assuming they don't mind the weather and isolation. The local job market, even in the bigger towns isn't great. You really have to bring your job with you, or find a way to make it on your own for the most part.
Wyoming is great. I've taken a few vacations there. Also hotshotted supllies to the oilfields around Rock Springs and Worland. I think the wind and harsh winters keep the State from having a huge influx of new residents.
Moved to Wyoming in 2018 from Arizona. Absolutely love it. I'm used to cold weather climates also having lived in places that reach -30°.
Moved to Wyoming in 1981 from Arizona. Moved back in 1991. I don’t ever see me moving back.
Oh, hell yes! Y’all get on up to Wyoming now. Lovely place. Best of all, you won’t be screwing up our real estate prices down here anymore. Watch out for grizzlies! 🐻
The problem with Wyoming is that housing is almost as expensive as Denver, but without the jobs and amenities. Nebraska has a lot cheaper housing.
I noticed that too pretty dumb
My son moved to Casper this past July. From the Oilfields of Southeast Louisiana to the Oilfields of Wyoming. He loves it. Fixing to go visit.
I grew up in Wyoming and moved to California 30 years ago. I’d be back in a heartbeat.
yeah right…..You had 30 yrs to leave and you still have not….so much for leave in a heartbeat! Whats true is the opposite, if you leave California, you will be begging to go back!
@@yonceydelatorre3802😂😂😂😂
When I was in Wyoming a few years back, almost every cowboy looking dude was carrying a big iron on his hip. My Illinioisian mom was shocked.
I moved to WY 3.5 years ago. Most of Wyoming is NOT like the images you show. The nice areas with trees, mountains, and streams cost millions of dollars for homes. Most of of WY is very desert-like and WINDY. And in the winter it's very cold.
I'm from Wisconsin and I am currently helping build a house in Wyoming with a friend. It's cold, windy and flat. It's big sky country and as a Wisconsin guy I found it too wide open/flat, too windy and way too cold. It's significantly colder than Wisconsin and way way way windier.
I've been looking for other reasons, I like solitude and the great outdoors.
Most folk have no idea how completely unhinged the winter weather is in Wyo.
I'm from Texas. I moved to Wyoming. The people speak in different accents.
You can come on up. Stay a winter, Texans (or anyone else for that matter). Your wife will want out after 1 or two years tops.
And you will have to make a choice about staying married or not.
There is a reason the population has remained constant for 50 years. Consider how you want to live.
Try to stay here for a few winters. You won't like it. The town here doesn't plow the roads.
Yep, it's our body guard against over population 😊
I have been in Star Valley, Wy 6 years, they always plow the roads and I love the area and the small population.
I think you are the only RUclipsr to have ever mention my alma mater UTA. Go Mavs!
My Tax savings in WY disappeared by having to go to Colorado for every basic need.
Yep it's the middle of nowhere. Beautiful of course... but... these trends from remote work of people wanting to live out a fantasy often meets reality.
Bullshit!
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I lived in Cheyenne.
I spent 90% of my money (other than rent) in CO.
Everything I bought in CO paid sales tax in CO, thousands of dollars in gas in CO.
Ski trips in CO, hotels , airport, restaurants in CO, pro sports tickets and broadway type shows in CO.
Etc etc.
During Covid I did the math of how much it would’ve cost us to live in CO compared to WY based on what I just stated above.
Cost of living would’ve been cheaper if we had just lived in CO.
After 6 years in WY, we reset our retirement life to fit our lifestyle and since 2021 we have lived in Napa, Destin/FWB and now Tokyo.
Napa and Destin/FWB were both equally expensive even though one is in CA and one in FL.
Tokyo has been 50% cheaper cost of living than in FL with an unmatched quality of life.
Japan is probably the safest country in the world.
Kindergarten kids get on the train by themselves to go to school and they make it back home every day.
Unreal.
@@Dangic23 none of the crap you spent your money on in Colorado was a basic necessity.
@@brianlindley846
Most of our groceries were done in CO.
Plus we also need some quality of life which was also in CO.
Thankfully the pandemic gave me time to rethink our retirement plans.
Both my Wife and I are military retirees and had made WY our forever home mostly due to the low taxes and no tax on military retirement.
6 years in WY was enough for us to realize there is a better way of life around the world.
Thanks for the tip about the Where Might I Live website.
Forgot about the Brutal Winters... I've lived in the Beautiful Wyoming... Love the place but damn that -30 and 60 mph wind will kill you.
This guy must live in Texas... Tryin' to send people to my Wyoming. You didn't tell them about the ridiculously Cold winters, -30 for over a month... And the wind, the wind never stops. You should definitely move to Texas or Florida. 🤘
I'm a Montanan and even I am hesitant about a Wyoming winter.
Hallelujah 😂😂😂 for our 🥶 WINTERS!!!😊
Everyone LOVES Wyoming…..in the summer!
It’s only a matter of time. The last time we had a major Spring storm was back in 1984. Back then it was a week long blizzard with five feet of snow on the level and snow drifts as high as fifteen feet. If you can’t handle these kinds of storms ( we used to get them ever four or five years) you might want to rethink moving to Wyoming. If you want to know how bad it can get look up The Blizzard of 1949.
Back in 2013 I was snowed in by a 3 day blizzard. It was the middle of April. It took me two days to dig myself out. Thank god for snow doors.
My goodness, Briggs, you forgot to mention Thermopolis, WY which has a natural hot springs that is open 365 days a year and is free!
Great report by the way! Appreciate your videos and often check into your channel. Cheers!
Y'all need to be quiet about Thermopolis. You will be the nest Jackson.
And the surrounding areas are beautiful .👍🤠✌️
@@The2ndFirstnah, most people couldn’t handle all the two lane road driving to get there.
yeah and it stinks like Sulphur
11:37 - Why are the primers of that - apparently - just fired brass not dented? ;-)
Most people can't handle the long winters. Snow and wind generally starts middle of October and ends middle of May. Most of the winter gets 30mph winds with many days getting 75mph gusts. The higher gusts usually comes with the cooler temps making teens feel like -20 and -20 feel like -50. When snow comes 2 inches can shut down the roads. Higher amounts can shut down the roads for 4 to 5 days. They have gates on the roads to ensure no one travels. So if you go off the road you can be trapped for a very long time! Winter makes medical emergencies impossible during the storms.
Another thing people don't realize is the high altitude makes thin air. All the old people walk around with air tanks because the air is so thin. I bet its the #1 state to use the most oxygen tanks. So if you are a smoker, you will have breathing difficulties. After we got covid, we had a very hard time breathing and we are not smokers!
As far as the 2nd ammendment, the people are very proud! If you don't like guns stay away because you will be offended. Thats all they talk about and everyone is armed!
It is very old school! Women are still treated like back in the day. Men talk to men and negotiate with men only. Men will get jobs over women. It's still a very prejudice state. I have heard of smaller towns running out people of color as well as gays all around the state. They are extremely blunt and to the point. People in Wyoming do not mince words. They mean what they say and they say what they mean.
With that said, they are some of the most friendly, polite, and helpful people you will ever meet. However, do not cross them and never try to change their ways. They like it how it is and the most popular saying here is "if you don’t like it, leave" They are one of the only states left with real men! When I say real men, I mean they look and act like a man. There is nothing feminine about them! So many people feel intimidated by men like this so be prepared for a while state of them.
If you are going to move to Wyoming, be sure to figure out how to survive when the roads are closed for days as well as always have a backpack with survival gear every time you go out because its so desolate that if your vehicle breaks down you can be out there for days and no one will find you!!! Every year people from Colorado come up and die in the lakes and hiking trails, its no joke! There are millions of acres of public lands most of which the access is 2 ruts for your tires. No one is going to go out there looking for you!
Jobs are difficult to find and the state works harder at keeping large companies out than allowing them in because they do not want the population growth. The number 1 industry is likely medical and oil. Oil rigging is beyond tough. People regularly loose limbs on the rigs! Medical requires a big education. Other than that not many jobs and many jobs are still as low as $12/hr. Not a living wage for today. So it's a good retirement or work from home state if you can even get internet.
Over all people either love Wyoming or they hate it, not many in the middle. The benefits are amazing but the cons are there as well and much different than other states. This is the last frontier and they will fight to keep it that way! Wish you all the best on your journeys!
A gun rack in the back of every truck with two rifles. I miss it…
@@danieldaniels7571 That's the place!
Winters are windy and cold in Wyoming, bundle up if you planning on living here.
Is it because people are fleeing the overflow of millions of unvetted individuals who are flooding Texas and would like their value system and lifestyle to remain intact?
I am a native of Idaho and now reside in Arizona, I have been looking at Wyoming for the last 6 years.... And indeed I have taken many trips from Boise to Denver through Wyoming in the winter when I was younger... Yes indeed the winters are very cold..... I did a lot of work with an oil exploration crew 47 years ago in Wyoming Nevada... Anyone considering it needs to understand that is cold and very rural, with a low population.....Wyoming or eastern Oregon when it gets annexed to Idaho would be my choice!
Lets not forget....only 4 states use goldbacks....Wyoming, Nevada, Utah and New Hampshire!
Perfect timing! I'm close to retiring and have narrowed it down to three states - Wyoming, Nevada, and Utah. Love your channel. Got one of your shirts and wear it often.
Thank you.
I live in Northern Nevada and have for almost 50 years.
They push growth well past what the area can handle as far as resources are concerned, property taxes are getting out of control, traffic is nuts and home prices are ridiculous.
Do some research and see for yourself, I'm working as hard a possible to get out of here and get my sanity back and WY is my target.
I love Utah. 😊
Being raised in southern Wyoming I’ll take Texas, people are not overly friendly towards Texans buying up land with little diversity in rural areas. There is a large portion of Wyoming with super high wind, tornadoes and hail, very few trees and lots of sage. Hunting and fishing are great statewide in Wyoming but I think the big part you left out is land ownership cost, Wyoming is very expensive to live in, your going to write a sizable check for land and housing not to mention groceries and gas
You’ve done a real good job with predicting Wyomings future based on the data available. One thing you forgot unique Wyoming that puts a Hugh wrinkle into reality. There is NO water in Wyoming. That’s why it hasn’t grown.
Yeah… same with Arizona. No people there either
WHAT? We have water here, bro. N. Platte River. Wyoming is just not making enough resavors.
Wyoming is definitely a beautiful state but it's the cold that I just can't bite the bullet on...🥶
You also have to love winter and extreme wind, usually in combination with each other, which aint for everyone
Yes a lot of people move here from Texas. That and Oklahoma. Because that is the energy triangle. People will move here when the jobs in the oil fields are spiking, and then they move on to the next leg of the triangle when the jobs move there. With the recent bust in the energy industry, many of the boom and bust towns started to clear out. Wyoming hasn't been good at diversifying their economy and there isn't a large amount of jobs that pay well outside of the energy industry. There are some people talking about remote work in the comments, but something they have to understand is there are large areas in Wyoming where you will get little to no internet. In fact, depending on where you live, there might not be utilities to your property and you have to pay quite a bit to bring them there. A lot of rural residences have well water and septic tanks. For people that want to live off grid, they can certainly go for it easily here, but they have to survive the winter. when you know off the top of your head that -40 is the point Fahrenheit and Celsius meet and pass each other because you've watched it on a thermometer, it can be miserable. not all winters are like that of course.
The weather will keep most people out. Constant wind in most areas. Cold.
Dang! Loved this video! Thanks,Jim! You Rock,as always!👍🤗✌️
I have to admit... I am wholly responsible for all of those Wyoming google searches.
These videos will be attributing factors to its growth.
Just had a friend move out there from WA State. Politics, gun laws and cost of living were big things for him to make the move. Also a lot closer to family in Colorado without the Politics, guns laws and cost of living of Colorado.
Another good one! Thanks for the share!!