Cowboys aren't just from Texas

[venaja]

I think I am moving to Wyoming. It is the perfect place for me. It has mountains, pine trees, Yellowstone National Park, bison burgers, and one of the best school systems in the country. It is sparsely populated; only 500,000 people live in the entire state. And not only is it socially progressive (progressive - beyond liberal) and fiscally

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[misworded]

Wow, people who actually aspire to live in Wyoming...

[venaja]

Not many people know, and we the privileged like to keep it that way.

[goulo]

A friend of mine who got a PhD in astronomy actually got a teaching position in Wyoming and has been living there a couple years.

Fiscal conservatism I can believe, but I'm having a tougher time believing the social progressivism. I think of stuff like the murder of Matthew Shepard. But of course there are horrible thugs no matter where you go, so I don't really know what the state is like generally speaking. So your post made me ponder; I've now emailed my astronomer friend to ask his impressions in this regard.

[venaja]

Wyoming has historically had a strong dedication to progressivism. What one's neighbors may be like depends on the county, city, or neighborhood. I don't plan on being around many people anyway.