15 Reasons Wyoming Ain't For Everyone in 2025

Buckle up, adventurers, because we're about to take a wild ride through the rugged terrain, real estate, people, and lifestyle of Wyoming! 🌄 This ain't your average travel guide - we're diving deep into the nitty-gritty, the quirks, and the honest truths that might make you say, "Whoa, Wyoming, maybe you're not for me." 🤨
From bone-chilling winters to a pace of life that's slower than a tortoise on vacation, we're covering it ALL. ❄️🐢 But hey, don't click away just yet! This video is also a celebration of Wyoming's unique charm and the folks who call it home. ❤️
Whether you're a city slicker daydreaming of wide-open spaces or a curious soul wondering what life's like in the Cowboy State, this video is your ultimate reality check. 🤠 So grab a cup of coffee (or a shot of whiskey, if you're feeling adventurous), and get ready to discover the 15 reasons why Wyoming might NOT be your dream destination... and why that's perfectly alright! 😉
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[@Jormundandr-c5s]

one thing to note, if your wanting to move to Wyoming, everyone is welcome here, but please leave your old state behind, embrace the hard working, no B.S. love the outdoors, and be kind lifestyle that we all love here, we work hard, play hard, and love our friends and family

[@c0t0d0s7]

I’m gonna bring my old state with me and proudly shout about it with a megaphone. I’m an insomniac so I can go 24/7. 🤪

[@JamesHolbrook-eh5sp]

​@@c0t0d0s7 You're not a New Yorker are you?

[@northernbohemianrealist]

@@c0t0d0s7 What this original commenter meant was, "Don't bring none o' that book larnin' wit ya."

[@CarlJohnson-uk4fe]

@@c0t0d0s7 No you not, that's why you left you don't want to be around people like you 😭

[@richardfowler3254]

This is exactly what I want.... my "home" state has abandoned a lot of us (unless you have no brains) then they love you. I am just waiting on my kids and see where they want to live their lives and we will follow them.

[@karloanttila]

Born in Europe but Wyoming gave me a chance at the American dream. I went to college in Laramie. Today, I'm retired and maintain Jackson Hole as my home base, loving the life.

[@joesharbach3883]

I got to visit Jackson Hole for the first time last month. I really like it! I liked the charm of the small size of the town.

[@SigmaFerret]

You are the American dream my friend.

[@psychicgymnast]

As someone who live in gillette. I hate jackson 😂😂😂😂

[@karloanttila]

@@psychicgymnast I thought Gillette was a razor blade

[@taconomad]

I'm from Washington, but moving to the Laramie area when the summer ends in hopes to get that kind of life lol

[@kateowens45]

I love living in Wyoming. All of what you say is true in spades. It keeps a lot of the summer tourists back in their home states and keeps Wyoming lightly populated- the way we like it.

[@Reed411]

I think most tourists done come to WY because they are disgusted with its culture.

[@rockymntnliberty]

Indeed, I like 1.2 people per square mile.

[@ginakelley749]

👍👍👍

[@pdxmtngoat]

Wyoming is a great place to visit. Nice people. Beautiful mountains loaded with scenery. Definite cowboy culture. It is what it is. Not what it isn't. Oh and the constant wind is no joke. Wyoming is a good state.

[@KamBar2020]

It's kinda Conservative with Strong Church Influence you know 🤔

[@Roger-vz7ol]

@@KamBar2020 Kind of? That's the understatement of the century.

[@K.B.Williams]

I do the great outdoors and Wyoming has and then some. The strange part is a lot of people I talk to about Wyoming believe the state doesn't exist. It didn't take long to realize they were serious. Strange indeed. And the bipolar weather is criminally underrated. It can go through all four seasons in 12 hours.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

@@KamBar2020 that's a good thing.

[@KamBar2020]

@@mirzaahmed6589 Aint Into LDS church membership and such like 💬 Sorry Not Sorry

[@PSTXFL]

I lived in Casper, WY for a couple of years. It had everything I needed. Very down to earth, peaceful place. If not for the wind and cold weather i could live there. One of the best perks - the fewest number of Americans in any state. That’s a major plus 👍

[@coloradocowboy3073]

Americans, the most spoiled candyasses on the planet since 1948.

[@johnpaulhenry2566]

I grew up in Wyoming. I once went to a school that had three teachers for eight grades (my mother was my teacher). I do not live there now and miss it.

[@lizlee6290]

I grew up in Wyoming as well, though as a total "townie". I'm curious what school you went to?

[@johnpaulhenry2566]

@@lizlee6290 I also was a "townie" in Cheyenne. I went to East High school and later the University of Wyoming. A lot of my family from my parents generation were ranchers in northwest Nebraska, so I spent part of my summers on ranches.

[@johnpaulhenry2566]

@@lizlee6290 I was a "townie" also. The school where my mother was my teacher was in Manville. We later moved to Cheyenne. I went to East High school and later the University of Wyoming.

[@jackwalter4000]

True story.. My wife and were flying out of Cheyenne to Nevada. Right in the middle of town, we were halted by a herd of antelope. They casually walked right down the middle of the street… And were in NO HURRY. MY KIND OF TRAFFIC JAM!

[@MrFreakies]

Yes Even those of us that have not been here that long 😂😂😂

[@maggiesfarm7970]

I live in Idaho. It's similar, just prettier.

[@gregwilliams386]

I remember -40 below zero with winds. The temperature went up to a sizzling 11 degrees. It was so hot I took off my coat and caught pneumonia.

[@dispatchdebbie]

😂😂😂

[@Gardner0871public]

This is the most Montana of comments

[@hellogoodbye6201]

@@Gardner0871publicI was thinking the same thing 😂

[@ladybonezz8017]

😂 😂 😂

[@danatate8803]

I'm a New Yorker and was a travelling nurse in my youth. I liked Wyoming so much I pitched a tent in a lot and stayed for 3 months. At first the locals thought I was nuts. After a while, I was invited to people's homes to visit, church bbqs and the like. Loads of fun and nice people. Cute cowboys, too!

[@EAAAA1505]

You got me a cute cowboys 🤠 😅

[@catchcourtcourt]

@@EAAAA1505 came here to say the same thing

[@mlw5665]

They were just trying to recruit you into their blood cult......

[@danatate8803]

@@mlw5665 The really cute cowboys were recruited to my tent!

[@AJ42K]

@@EAAAA1505 hope they aren't from Dallas 🤣🤣🤣

[@b.cdrisk2035]

I learned from living in Wyoming that sometimes when you stare at the cows long enough, the cows stare back.

[@Roger-vz7ol]

🎯LMAO

[@dispatchdebbie]

😂😂😂

[@307cavalier5]

Pop some shrooms first and they'll tell you their secrets too

[@ladybonezz8017]

@@307cavalier5😂

[@ChewieBabyTW]

Beautiful fishing areas and just amazing scenery. The wind is no joke. Especially in winter.

[@dustinstorey6779]

Yeh it’s no joke but it will make you laugh because it’s ridiculous and so constant. You open your car or truck door and you damn sure better be thinking about it and have a good grip or you are going to cringe thinking it’s hinges might be bent after being yanked out of your hand.

[@bukboefidun9096]

It's intolerable in the summer. You simply cannot plan a picnic or outing without taking into account the afternoon wind.

[@44NorthWyo]

Currently in Wyo: sustained winds from the NW at 22 mph and gusting to 36 mph. Just a NORMAL day.

[@wyolaskan1868]

Just a regular Tuesday afternoon lol

[@myheroskryptonite]

other states "wind" is a wyoming breeze :)

[@SirenaWF1]

Yeh, I don't miss that. I've only visited more times than I can count.

[@curtis.albrecht.79]

More than once I've found myself sliding sideays on I-25, on icy roads, Between Cheyenne and Chugwater. And, don't get me started on about RD 313, between Chugwater and Hawk Springs... They should've filmed Ice Road Truckers on THAT road!!! I've even buried my work truck in a snow drift on top of Casper Mountain. What I thought was a straight & level dirt road ended up being a rather DEEP dip crossing my path.

[@ginakelley749]

Hang your laundry out to dry and you will find it in the next county 5 min. later 😂😂😂

[@BIGLOVE4TRUTH]

I used to drive a semi. Been across I 80 hundreds of times . They don’t call the section west of Laramie the snow chi min trail for nothing. The old timers told them not to build the interstate through where they did. They said build it along US 30 through Rock River.

[@garygrow8373]

Locals don’t drive I-80 between Rollins and Laramie in the winter. It is a wind tunnel.

[@aaronkidd9450]

Speaking the truth!

[@spencerme3486]

And people still talk about that. I still take hwy 30 when it’s snowing heavily in Ell Mountain

[@rockymntnliberty]

What, not a fan of Elk Mountain?

[@307cavalier5]

​@@rockymntnlibertyit's like Deliverance...but no banjos

[@WWeronko]

Something that needs to be considered for any rural cold state, especially Wyoming, is propane. Only cities and heavily populated areas have natural gas for heat. At present prices, propane cost about 3.75 times more than natural gas. On a cold winter month with a moderate sized house your propane bill can reach $800 a month. It is a consideration if you are on a budget.

[@TwilightxKnight13]

If you aren’t supplementing with wood burning, you are doing it wrong!

[@BigAliG]

Have visited the great State of Wyoming on 3 or 4 occasions now and I love it. One random thing that surprised me was that despite what I'd heard about it Thermopolis is a really lovely town. Well done Thermopolis 👏

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

I am less enthusiastic about crowds than I used to be. I might like Wyoming! Thank you for the video!

[@ryankelly5308]

Man, this video has sold me on wanting to move to Wyoming!

[@ChewieBabyTW]

If you like the outdoors you will like it. And probably a gun or two......bears are not playing around.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

It's nothing special. Most people live in the cities like Casper, Cheyenne, and Laramie, which are like any other mid-sized city in America. Just suburban tract housing, stroads, and fast food.

[@silverdemonwolf426]

Same, honestly. I just bought a house for my family here in Texas, so it'll be a long while before I go anywhere, but I was thinking of heading to Wyoming after retiring and getting a little house on a bit of land somewhere quiet and just having goats and horses and a few cows, maybe a greenhouse for gardening, and just live out the rest of my days in peace.

[@AminJones]

I had a problem with 22 years old baristas after the divorce

[@AJ42K]

If you are a city boy, don't move to Wyoming.

[@TheHybridHunter307]

There is no Amazon in a day here. Everything you order online takes a week or longer to be delivered if you're lucky. Patience is a virtue

[@phillhuddleston9445]

That seems to be the new normal everywhere these days especially if it's delivered by USPS!

[@toddryan0108]

I visited the great state of Wyoming for the first time last year and I must say i am very impressed! I love it! Can’t wait to go back and do more!

[@ginakelley749]

Visit in the winter 😂😂😂

[@DPops-yf4zp]

Went hiking in Wyoming and oh my god I fell in love with it. Beautiful state with very friendly people. I also loved the small towns.

[@Mike-rx4in]

I lived in Laramie for 6 years, I loved it there! People are friendly, the weather didn't bother me, and the state is beautiful! I only left, to be near my family, in a different state!

[@gripzer0166]

Yea I lived in Laramie for 2 yrs and it was great no allergies, humidity/ heat, traffic and got to experience 4 season compared coming from Texas. Plus fresh mountain air 🏔

[@WarDog793]

Years ago I was visiting Casper, I asked a staffer at a fast-food restaurant if it was always that windy, and she said yes. I think it is because of the geography of Wyoming and the position of Casper in particular. Whoo-ee! Gotta love wind if you want to live in Casper.

[@dianamarie1652]

I would love to live in Wy. I hate crowded grocery stores, crowded neighborhoods. I love wide open spaces, nature, peace and quite! I love my morning coffee in my kitchen or on the back deck! Starbucks, malls, concerts all overrated!

[@murrayterry834]

our current governor leaves a lot to be desired. makes slick deals for people like gill bates and sodium nuclear reactors. also likes to sell your information as you visit from out of state. does not abide by the fourth amendment. he is not from around here.

[@ginakelley749]

Sounds like a Californicator!

[@ladybonezz8017]

@@murrayterry834this x100.

[@JC-il4or]

A few years ago on a Sunday afternoon in October, my husband and I drove up from Denver to Cheyenne. The only place open in the town was its only Starbucks. NO traffic. No people. I still am gobstruck by the stunning emptiness of that town. Briggs is right....

[@bdmenne]

Wind is a deal breaker. I was tortured with it in South Dakota flats. I only lasted 6 months there.

[@bukboefidun9096]

Yes, it is insanity causing wind. That said Thermopolis, Cody they are largely windless

[@bdmenne]

@@bukboefidun9096 Windless?? I wonder how that’s possible given the wind all around. I also dislike windless “boring” places. Minnesota was a lil tame for me. I live in Kentucky, which is somewhat medium amount of wind/storm

[@bukboefidun9096]

@bdmenne they are located such that they get very little open plains, downslope or thermal heating winds. Check out Georgetown and Silver Plume Colorado..most of Georgetown is Chinook wind hell on earth during the winter and Silver Plume is largely calm... 5 miles apart at the most

[@Rustsamurai1]

Why so long?

[@OhOh-i9i]

Benny for wyoming. We have Wyotech. Top ranked school for learning automotive

[@SC-gw2kf]

My son went there!

[@rickpartlow534]

Powell is a town of 6000 and we have a Starbucks.

[@JoelUldrych-kh2sc]

Support local coffee shops and Mom and pop ones, not the big name one. Their coffee ☕️ isn't even that good and way overpriced.

[@ginakelley749]

so?

[@rickpartlow534]

@@ginakelley749 so part of the video was saying not to expect the small towns to have a Starbucks. Did you WATCH the video?

[@rickpartlow534]

@@JoelUldrych-kh2sc that's not the point.

[@willturnerfanAWE]

I lived in Cheyenne for a few years (moved there from Washington State) I will tell you a few things just having lived there. First one is altitude, I had altitude sickness and let me tell you, it was no joke. The wind can be really bad! Also the winters are brutal and blizzard conditions aren’t uncommon and we had wind chills of -40 F. However, if you can deal with that, enjoy some measure of isolation and small towns, Wyoming isn’t a bad place to live, I enjoyed my time there

[@WildBikerBill]

Google Earth Pro tells me the elevation is 5900' to 6200', so you're definitely higher than Denver.

[@jillthompson1248]

How did you get over the altitude sickness? I used to go visit in-laws off happy jack rd loved it but after visiting a few times a year for 20+ yrs no problems I started feeling bad tired out of breath dizzy just really out of it and it got worse with every visit found out it was that and figured I couldn’t go back which was really sad for me but if there is a way to combat it or manage it without hauling around an oxygen tank I’d appreciate it any info at all thanks

[@semicountryliving3095]

If you don’t mind my asking, where have you moved to now? Hopefully not back to WA.

[@nicholasguerin6631]

That's crazy I live in Louisiana and work in Wyoming often being as I work on wind turbines and never had altitude sickness

[@WildBikerBill]

@@nicholasguerin6631 I've had altitude sickness, but it involved flying from Austin TX to Denver, CO, driving to Aspen CO, and the next day hiking a trail up to Buckskin Pass, which tops out at 12,500 feet. I was happy to get back down to the trailhead at only 9,000 feet.

[@ChrisPacheco-j9c]

WYOMING, what the west was! God Bless Wyoming!! 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸 And yes I’m a life long Wyomingite!!!

[@Reed411]

Being stuck in the past is a novelty. But you are saddled with people like Cody Roberts, the rest of the world only sees you as antiquated trash.

[@_fastlaner]

There are literally coffee shops on every street corner in Casper. And hitchiking is still a thing in Casper.

[@gretaklaput6383]

I moved to Wyoming the beginning of the year. I found the small talk thing not true at all. They are so friendly here and love to here about where I'm from and have been

[@danielvillalobos9487]

Lived in Wyoming for 5 yrs great place but the winters were to much for me. Good summers

[@deborahm6036]

Nice video! I live in the Black Hills of South Dakota, near the Wyoming boarder. One thing I have to say, as someone who was born in NYC, my neighbors are, as a whole, quite the small talkers. Extreme by New York standards, actually. Small talk is considered a major source of entertainment, as a local friend advised me.

[@mikenixon2401]

I imagine long time residents are glad Wyoming is not for everybody.

[@katecoffee4744]

Yes, yes they are.

[@BreakThe66Seals]

Psychopaths have to live somewhere right?

[@teemb3183]

Lived here my whole life, 65 now. Don’t really care much for big cities, meeting new people or politics. Prefer being alone on my own property and my cabin just out of Yellowstone. To many new people moving in to this town and state. I am sad to say Wyoming has been discovered by Californians,texans, and Colorado so very sad.

[@Reed411]

@@teemb3183 Wyoming was discovered during the expansion of the west, get over yourself.

[@teemb3183]

@@Reed411 Ok…,you stay where you are and I will do the same. Happy now😂

[@amandawestervelt6475]

Born in Wyoming and been here my whole life. I love to travel but always love coming home. I really enjoyed your video, some of these items never even crossed my mind. (And I have seen people ride horses into town, even in Cheyenne 😂)

[@stevecolombe4446]

We love Wyoming. The only negatives that you had in your video that we would tend to agree with would be drunk driving, wind, and rattlesnakes lol. Pretty much everything else we would consider to be positives with no worries.

[@lizlee6290]

I grew up there, and never saw a single rattlesnake. Cross that off your list. The wind is definitely a constant, but you get used to it. I can't speak to the drunk driving.

[@williamventer700]

Been looking at retiring there from Texas in a few years. Did a lot of research, and this video just makes us want to go even more. Our kinda life style. Thanks.

[@Spinnermason1]

Tranquility - you invented a new word.

[@RM-ti8nf]

I like tranquality- I'm keeping it

[@dominicgibson9529]

Great video, as usual. Driven through/stayed in various towns and cities in WY and always found nothing but friendly folks, and I'm VERY socially awkward! The one thing I think you could've included is the distance between towns. I live in the Yukon Territory where the distance are vast so I'm used to it, but if you're not...There are many miles between communities in WY, and there's bugger all in between...probably more so than MT, now I think about it.

[@unseenadventures8130]

You'll get to know yourself real well! That's why I got two dogs to keep me company

[@ginakelley749]

That's why I got a cat. He is a quiet companion, the way I like it!

[@pamelamays4186]

The Wyoming life just may be somebody's cup of tea.

[@Solitary_van]

Finally, an excuse for my hair! You've sold me on the State!

[@jakef1977]

The ONLY Negative on that list is the Wind. I don't like wind. But evening else sign me up!

[@kateowens45]

The wind is what makes the summer heat bearable. The winter wind is an altogether different story. Florida has its hurricanes and they are spotty and occasional. We have our ever present hurricane speed winds all winter. The saving grace are the chinooks giving us a welcome break for two to three days. I love living in Wyoming.

[@ginakelley749]

We have a lot of wind in Colorado, too

[@NYCHFAN]

I LOVE WYOMING, but the weather keeps me away. ❤❤

[@ginakelley749]

It takes a real Pioneer to live in WYO

[@joshuasanders6375]

I spent a lot of time in Wyoming and I will give my opinion. Wyoming is literally not for everyone. It takes a very special kind of person to be able to tolerate it. The western part is nice with mountains and parks, but other than that it’s really depressing. The weather alone is the reason I could not live there. It’s brutal cold and the wind makes it 10x worse. It takes men and women tougher than me to tolerate it. There’s reason people do it flock there, no matter how cheap the land is. It’s so rural and the weather is so bad that it makes life extremely difficult to live there. Cheyenne has a Walmart but that’s about it. Other than that, there’s really no modern amenities in the entire state.

[@lizlee6290]

Exaggerate much?

[@joshuasanders6375]

@@lizlee6290 no, not really. Ok, there’s a modern truck stop in Cheyenne. So it’s not just a Walmart

[@MsSunnyDenise]

I’m hoping this deters people from moving to Wyoming. I mean, I doubt it, but 🤞🏽

[@andrewward5891]

There’s a reason why Wyoming is the least populated state and it’s going to stay that way so don’t worry about it. Americans are moving to sun belt metro areas like Vegas, phoenix, Dallas etc. They’re not moving to cold empty rural areas. Enjoy your solitude. It won’t be disturbed.

[@ginakelley749]

Colorado is already being overrun by every State in the Nation, mostly the West Coast, Florida and Texas in the last 4 years. I'm so sick of it! Traffic is horrible and these invaders don't even know, how to drive! Western Colorado was an outdoor paradise, before we got invaded. Now you can't even walk on a park trail without being bothered by drugged up people, or those letting their dogs run loose and circling you! Need to carry Pepper Spray and pointy hiking sticks. Disgusting circumstances, just since 2020!

[@Dangic23]

I retired in WY when I was 40. Had planned to stay there and relax, but had to leave after 6 years. It’s a good State to live if you are 95 years old and have nothing else to do in life.

[@anthonyferra7907]

whered you end up going ?

[@Dangic23]

@@anthonyferra7907 Decided to enjoy life instead. Moved to Napa, then Destin, now Tokyo.

[@MsSunnyDenise]

My parents are 80 and they are thoroughly enjoying Wyoming. At 60, I’m retiring to take care of them. I’m looking forward to the slow life

[@Dangic23]

@@MsSunnyDenise I also enjoy the slow pace of life .And I’m an introvert. But life in WY is not slow, it’s in halt. Little too much for me in my 40s.

[@helencavaluzzo5164]

@@MsSunnyDenisewe retired here and absolutely love it. There is so much to do here, especially in the summer. It’s very beautiful and very peaceful.

[@FJA---]

In, I think, 2003 we were staying in Gillette and working by Wright. On May 15th a blizzard hit about noon. The foreman made us work the rest of the day before heading north to the motel. Took over 2 hours to get there. He was not a good boss. Our nickname for him was "Jackass". We all hated him so much we put Pride stickers and Brady Bill stickers on his work truck. Figured the Brady Bill stickers were going to cause him much more trouble than the Pride stickers. They take that stuff seriously up there. Gillette is a very dirty town, but did like the drive-up liquor store. Did have fun on the Gillette and Wright golf courses.

[@dawnmiller6899]

Who is Brady bill?

[@ZYX261]

​@@dawnmiller6899 gun laws enacted after Reagan was shot?

[@Gmgfjv]

​@dawnmiller6899 a gun law that bill Clinton wanted to have a 5 day wait to buy a gun

[@ginakelley749]

Lived in Gillette in 1976. My husband worked in the oil fields then. Nice small town. Passed through in 2004 and didn't recognize any of it!

[@ginawhite3728]

Colorado is very windy and we have huge weather shifts, you can be wearing shorts and sandals one morning and by 8 o'clock that night you've got 4 inches of snow, I've seen it snow in June in Colorado

[@andrewlongo6]

Nice place to visit... in summer.

[@77trashman]

I live in southeastern Massachusetts, and its a hipster hell hole. Everything you said about this video sounds amazing to me. I really want out of where i live and Wyoming sounds better and better.

[@reallifeanswers9764]

I love in Wyoming and you nailed it. One thing I would add is that we also need Healthcare workers. Lots of opportunity in that field.

[@jakem8280]

Nature, no malls full of idiots, stupid sports teams or small talk?! Sign me up. Reminds me of old Pennsylvania. Those were the days ....

[@stardust949]

yeah, I agree---but---the weather...a little too extreme for me in my elder years now.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Who goes to malls any more?

[@benjaminott6498]

What’s your favorite part of PA

[@pawglover37]

I lived in cheyenne from sept thru may, i woke up one morning in the middle of may and it had snowed 13" the night before (i'm born and raised in south central Texas) only saw lumps of snow in the street (cars were underneath), and the wind omg they shut down the interstates because the wind blows big rigs over on the regular. the people were very friendly. they do have a local bus line in cheyenne, i'm sorry 4 lines. no state income tax.

[@psykotisyinc]

Some of my family live in Cody, Wyoming. They often have deer for neighbors. When we went to Yellowstone, we kind of went off the trail and had to leave quickly because of wolves in the area

[@brianjones7383]

Summertime in Wyoming is cold in the mornings. Nice breeze though out the days for sure

[@NBZW]

If it’s ice cream you want, go to Farson. For those that remember, the other place was Yellowstone Drug in Shoshoni for malts. Best days of my life.

[@jerryrichardson2799]

That was a funny looking "moose" there Briggs.

[@showmeadventurevanlife49]

Most of those reasons are why I live here. I could do without the wind though. Love your videos. I share them with friends who need to know something. Lol

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Glad you like them!

[@cosycoffeee]

Been in WY for 17 years. It has its pros and cons. My family and I would like to move when we can. It can get really cold (think negative 40), really windy, and it’s really dry. Politicians don’t really care about what the people want. They’ve been banning a lot of things that even their own voters don’t agree with. And we have a problem with young people leaving so they can find work. Businesses have a hard time here and everything “cowboy themed” gets old. My plan is to go to Europe. But I’m finishing school first.

[@kategowen1156]

All the “too rural” stuff sounds like pluses to me

[@timothykeith1367]

When you're young and healthy or older and wealthy you can live anywhere

[@philsmith2444]

Sounds like a lot of the reasons I moved from crowded southern Maine to remote NW Maine. The nearest *anything* is at least 70 miles away, including traffic lights, and it wouldn’t bother me if that distance was 2-3x as far. We have snow and mountains (though not like in WY), and that’s all I need.

[@kateowens45]

You don't have grizzlies roaming through your backyard in Maine they way they do in my neighbor's yards just 1-2 miles out of town or mountain lions sighted on the golf course with regularity as they are in ours.

[@philsmith2444]

@@kateowens45 Nope, moose are the most dangerous animals out here. I’m on the lookout all the time when I’m out hiking, especially now that the calves have all been born.

[@onealjones9039]

I love Wyoming. I'd be considered a hippie by most of the population there but I love the people and the state. Mostly no water though.

[@keddy5627]

I loved this! Thank you!!!

[@wyojafo]

Love Wyoming, grew up in Cheyenne…. Moved to Texas for a job and miss Wyoming every day. One note…. High school baseball is popular, but University of Wyoming cut its baseball team in the 90’s…. Basketball and football and the two huge sports at UW.

[@micahbates-cy4wn]

In Wyoming we don't measure distance in miles or blocks, we measure it in time. Let that that sink in for a moment.

[@MaryAmesMitchell]

The last time I was in Wyoming people still smoked in restaurants.

[@foxywolf2009]

I get these winds at my house gigglin

[@invalidargument2.0]

First like! Glad to be here!

[@JSFGuy]

And? You have to add first? Kind of like the first grader isn't it? Pick me?

[@alfalfabillenjoyer4878]

@@JSFGuy Tell him how you really feel.

[@JSFGuy]

@@alfalfabillenjoyer4878 Thanks for the unsolicited suggestion after the fact.

[@invalidargument2.0]

@@JSFGuy Cry

[@alfalfabillenjoyer4878]

@@JSFGuy You're welcome. Glad I could help.

[@edwardbaker5373]

It’s a great place. You named a lot of great reasons to go there and stay.

[@nancyaloupis3974]

This all sounds good to me! Yay Wyoming!

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I was in NW, GTNP 🏔 2020. 3mo. Summer Security 🚔 Jackson Hole WY is wealthy, uppity 🧐 . WY & Utah, ID etc have "mountain types". They don't put up with BS 🦬 . You must have the vehicles, gear, wits to handle situations. People aren't jerks but they are not super "tourist" +.

[@TommyboyGTP]

Other than the extreme winter cold and wind, it looks like a nice place to get away to for a little while

[@joeyguidry1231]

My son moved to Casper last month. Making more money than in the oilfields of Southeast, Louisiana. He loves it, still in the oilfield, but he told me it's beautiful.

[@lakenneth374]

Windy state: (0:45) Wind projects costing billions of dollars that expect to produce thousands of megawatts of wind power are in the pipeline to be built in Wyoming. Excess will be sold to California.

[@yourname06]

None of that power stays in Wyoming

[@melvinstein7739]

And the ONLY ones that are happy about those wind farms live in CA! All planned by DC bureaucrat elites, smarter than everyone else! Can't figure how these wind farms get built in one place and ALL the power goes states away.

[@jakehynes3273]

The shopping thing is so true! I've been living in Wyoming for about two years and I'm lucky enough to have a Walmart in my town. I don't know how poor people do it in smaller towns! But shopping is definitely mostly small main Street style shops.

[@chrissantiago3991]

moved here from Wisconsin in March. absolutely love it here!

[@ginakelley749]

I moved to WYO from Wisconsin, too. And then south to Colorado. Colorado was still a great place in 2004, although high unemployment and high rent. Now it's totally become insane, and the influx of out of Staters is totally ruining this State!

[@SC-fk9nc]

Sounds like paradise to me.

[@glenhatchell5635]

it's so cool you saw mousse in the wild, created a new word, and niw have me considering Wyoming.

[@rashaud8032132]

Im a truck driver… ill never forget going to from Casper to Lovell a few winters ago. Temps between 5 degrees to -40. With 40 mph winds

[@catholiccrusader5328]

I traveled the length of this state and found Wyoming very beautiful; however, the people were more than a bit standoffish. I won't be traveling there anytime soon. I'm staying here in my home sweet home Chicago.

[@ytgytgy]

as someone who grew up in the other chytown (cheyenne), I don't see any lies here. I also live near the chicago area now lol.

[@Dangic23]

I agree with the video title. Zero people should be living under the sub-human conditions that nature hits the state with.

[@ytgytgy]

fr. I grew up in cheyenne and glad i'm now somewhere with actual 4 seasons/water/trees. not the 70mph winter winds from hell and still snowing occasionally in the summer.

[@RobertSmith-tq6mf]

Loved the winters when I lived there in the 80 working outdoors in the oilfield. You would get a 48" snow and the wind would blow ir away. It would be dry dry and 50' drifts. Remember working 48 hours straight in 48 below. No body ever mentions wind chills. The summer would more than make up the difference. Loved the people.

[@Dangic23]

@@ytgytgy Same. Cheyenne from 2014-2020. Had to escape.

[@Dangic23]

@@RobertSmith-tq6mf Definitely awesome people in WY.

[@jamespell8091]

I've been to Tijuana. ....

[@rockymntnliberty]

I've lived in both Alaska and Wyoming, the wind here in Wyoming in significantly worse.

[@akgobears]

Have been through Wyoming several times in the motorhome to and from the west coast to Indiana and South Dakota to visit relatives....Never ever i dont think have we not experienced heavy wind or snow shutting down the interstate I-80...Once so bad we were scared to death it was going to blow the coach over ...I could live without that alone....We love to camp at Corp of Engineer Campgrounds when traveling as they are almost always nice, have most amenities, and the price is right, Wyoming has none...Another reason the state isnt for us...Love Jackson Hole and the Tetons....VERY EXPENSIVE

[@EdSneka]

13:25 Tranquility + quality = tranquality

[@jackhobmeier9938]

Another thing you could put on this list if food, we have good food but few restaurants, in my county we only have one fast food joint and it’s an A&W that’s open sometimes. But a lot of places also close early, like 6pm. Especially if it’s not tourist season. Another things, at least in my opinion, there are not many young adults here. In some of the towns with college there is but outside of that there are both many in the age of 18-26. Or at least it seems this way to me. But the fishing is fantastic, the hunting is great and the people are the best. In many places we actually still have a “sense of community”.

[@markpaolino4264]

All the trucks out here have complete steel cages for a front bumper including the 18 wheelers, which is for the huge animals you may hit.

[@Roger-vz7ol]

I lived in Wyoming for several years. It was peaceful and being an introvert it was the perfect place for me. The only things I hated were the wind and the cold. The butt-high snow and wind made the wind chill unbearable. Briggs is right. The wind there is nonstop almost every single day. It's the only place I know of that they close the freeways more often than they change their underwear during the winter. They have had some horrific mass collisions over the years on the highways.

[@ClairenParkerontheRoad]

I don't know what I would do if I could listen to these during work. Thanks Briggs!

[@EagleExplores]

The scenery in Wyoming is beautiful, and I will still go there my way.

[@TerryCheever]

Moved to Wyoming about three years ago and only wish I'd done that sooner. Self-sorted away from liberalism as I gave up trying to co-exist with them. Though you exaggerate our rural living you aren't too far off, yeah, it is that nice here. The cities are nice too, cause the people are nice too, and haven't met a disagreeable or nasty person here yet. When lived in Aurora Colorado a few years ago the meeting disagreeable and nasty people was a daily or multiple times a day event. Crime, yeah, try that in a small town.

[@mikedieters5271]

I love your Wyoming videos, that make me proud to be from Wyoming!

[@christiandufresne5151]

Live in Wyoming, small town of 206 people, dont plan on leaving anytime soon. IF you plan on moving out here keep in mind that it takes me an hour to get to the closest grocery store. 2 hours to get to a Walmart or sams club.

[@philkearny5587]

The Cheney crime family is enough reason for me to avoid the state.

[@acs9787]

We sent Liz packing. Her only connection to this state are her richy rich buddies in Jackson.

[@yourguidetorights3909]

Love Wyoming. But I do refer to it as Windoming.

[@1415reynolds]

Saw what you did there with the mousse. Lived in Wyoming way back when very windy.

[@MsSunnyDenise]

🤣🤣 I’m sorry but your mousse made me laugh

[@ramonahofer1672]

Lived in Wyoming. Now living in Arizona, and we are going back home where the buffalo roam!

[@debbieworland]

We actually have only 2 malls in the state...one in Casper and one in Cheyenne lol

[@jimgrimes2987]

And both of them are practically abandoned

[@jenniferryersejones9876]

Thanks, Briggs!

[@l.d.jackson6755]

Love me some Wyo.... All four seasons.