@Long Range 338 - it was aimed at a member that posted who is of the persuasion. I love to give him grief. He is a great guy and I have nothing bad to say about him and love busting his butt
Idaho?
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I don't think that'll be a problem (my family is from rural Texas). Like one blinking yellow light, and 5 grain silos on the side of the road, rural Texas. ?
Flew into San Francisco last week for a quick meeting, noticed a new real estate office so poked my head in, well low and behold they found a new market Idaho, Washington, Montana and Nevada land for sale. The place was packed with hipsters who want the out door experience and they were buying up land like it was a hot latte. I talked with one of the sales folks and they said on a regular day they make 30 sales all sight unseen. When I opened this thread I couldn’t stop laughing, looks like you fellas in those states have a whole new generation of hipsters buying up your neighboring land.
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Thats because it is a nice town. Saw my first concert there.......Van Halen 1984 in 1984? Did you make it by Bear Lake? Turquoise clear blue water. Idaho is a damn fine state and one of my top pic’s if not Arizona.
Not all of Boise, just the 'trendy' north end...I live in "West Boise"... Lots of conservatives here...But, I do fear all the Kalifornians moving here... But a LOT of those that moved here in the previous few years were conservative fleeing Kalifornia... We love our guns here...So far, that is!!!
Oregon??? Already lost...Like Kalifornia, lots of places are still rational, but they don't control, crazies do...JSNS
Life long resident of Idaho...I went to ISU in Pocatello....Coldest 'armpit' city in Idaho...Idaho Falls, even colder... I love Boise. I was raised in Twin Falls... Northern Idaho is nice, but full of Democrats...Lol
This is what they control in my state. It's all it takes. 8 counties decide everything for the entire state. As they breed and the California infestation continues, it will only get worse. Coming to a state near you.
Went to U of I in Moscow and grew up 45 minutes south of Garden City in a little town called Woodruff. If you made me pick a spot it would probably be somewhere around McCall for Idaho. Garden city wouldn’t be a horrible choice either, beautiful country and close to Powder Mountain?
Idaho is a decent enough freedom loving state, same as so many others in the west that don't touch the Pacific. Short of where I actually live, only SD ranks higher on the personal "where to live" index than Idaho, I just don't care for their higher tax burden and quite frankly the population density is far too high there for me. That, and it's nowhere cold enough there for me, life begins at -30°F windchill with 8' drifts and they just don't have that like Wyoming and SD does.
As for the LDS population comments, they're preppers by nature, the average Mormon could school the bulk of the Hide in how to stock up on and store food, goods, and ammo, and you'll find shops dedicated to just that wherever they have a heavy influence. Many others could bear well to take a hint.
Get your ass back west so we can shoot another match together, it's been a while. S/F
As for the LDS population comments, they're preppers by nature, the average Mormon could school the bulk of the Hide in how to stock up on and store food, goods, and ammo, and you'll find shops dedicated to just that wherever they have a heavy influence. Many others could bear well to take a hint.
Get your ass back west so we can shoot another match together, it's been a while. S/F
Thread kinda evened out but this fit well in the middle ha
My wife snapped that at a stoplight from her California plated vehicle, semi terrified ha
We were up in the panhandle meeting a contractor, (mild 2A warrior hero, largely selected because of that) to look at our site.
We have been trying to escape CA for a few years, looking originally at Oregon. At the time the Oregon legislature had a better outlook than it does today. They didn't have a super majority and a couple of the democrats caucused with republicans on many issues.
I felt like it was probably a time bomb, even though it seemed like paradise at the same time. Similar weather, better laws, kinder people. There was hope that when a silly law was proposed, it would get shot down.
After a year of looking around Oregon, '16 went down. My state passed laws I thought wouldn't pass, only to be really crushed that ballot initiatives directly voted on by the people supported the same outcome. The only thing the initiatives supported more strongly than legalization of drugs was illegalization of my rights to purchase ammunition.
Here I am, wasting my life, voting where it doesn't count. Outside CA, "look at those dumb fucking cock bag Californians wrecking their state" and all I can be from CA is 'that'
I realize OR isn't going to cut it, so I start looking on WA. My brother in law lives in Olympia. He has an indoor gun range down town in a liquor store. How fuckin 'Merica is that? What's crazy is we didn't get to go shoot there until 2018, and between 2016 and 2018 downtown somehow turned in to Portland (fuck Portland)
I thought.. maybe it's ok. Still have better laws, seems like a reasonable populace overall.. naw.. my wife didn't even feel safe there anymore. In 2 years!(surely if you lived there for your whole life, different optic)
I said let's go look at Spokane. I looked at those maps like what were posted earlier. Saw the hope. When we drove up, we had just heard CDA was nice from a family member, and another friend was seeing a specialist there. He said it was amazing (figure every city's 'old Mill district' appeals to all Californians ha)
So on our exploration of Spokane, we stayed in CDA. We drove all over, outside and around the Spokane area and loved it. 6 months later we came back up to try to find a place and end up buying land in the panhandle.
While most people we meet are from CA, most are very conservative and merely beat us up there. One nice couple said "we like to say welcome, and leave that liberal California nonsense in California"
I was sold! No bullshit straight talk ha
We're drawn to conservative people with traditional values. Even though my wife isn't political, lifestyles are obviously still categorized as liberal or conservative and the latter is my preferred neighbor. We want to be somewhere where our opinions are shared and valued and counted not rejected and shunned.
I'd like to think I'm an Idahoan what was misplaced in CA at birth. I have friends that don't belong there, but surely don't belong in CA. I tell them to move to Oregon and Washington, where their brand of politics can benefit constitutional freedom and they can still smoke their dope, but that shit isn't for me.
I'm hoping to counteract a transplant communist vote and have my vote counted instead of put in the discard pile. I'm definitely not representative of the average Californian, but I would guess there are more like me than the total population of ID, MT and WY combined
My wife snapped that at a stoplight from her California plated vehicle, semi terrified ha
We were up in the panhandle meeting a contractor, (mild 2A warrior hero, largely selected because of that) to look at our site.
We have been trying to escape CA for a few years, looking originally at Oregon. At the time the Oregon legislature had a better outlook than it does today. They didn't have a super majority and a couple of the democrats caucused with republicans on many issues.
I felt like it was probably a time bomb, even though it seemed like paradise at the same time. Similar weather, better laws, kinder people. There was hope that when a silly law was proposed, it would get shot down.
After a year of looking around Oregon, '16 went down. My state passed laws I thought wouldn't pass, only to be really crushed that ballot initiatives directly voted on by the people supported the same outcome. The only thing the initiatives supported more strongly than legalization of drugs was illegalization of my rights to purchase ammunition.
Here I am, wasting my life, voting where it doesn't count. Outside CA, "look at those dumb fucking cock bag Californians wrecking their state" and all I can be from CA is 'that'
I realize OR isn't going to cut it, so I start looking on WA. My brother in law lives in Olympia. He has an indoor gun range down town in a liquor store. How fuckin 'Merica is that? What's crazy is we didn't get to go shoot there until 2018, and between 2016 and 2018 downtown somehow turned in to Portland (fuck Portland)
I thought.. maybe it's ok. Still have better laws, seems like a reasonable populace overall.. naw.. my wife didn't even feel safe there anymore. In 2 years!(surely if you lived there for your whole life, different optic)
I said let's go look at Spokane. I looked at those maps like what were posted earlier. Saw the hope. When we drove up, we had just heard CDA was nice from a family member, and another friend was seeing a specialist there. He said it was amazing (figure every city's 'old Mill district' appeals to all Californians ha)
So on our exploration of Spokane, we stayed in CDA. We drove all over, outside and around the Spokane area and loved it. 6 months later we came back up to try to find a place and end up buying land in the panhandle.
While most people we meet are from CA, most are very conservative and merely beat us up there. One nice couple said "we like to say welcome, and leave that liberal California nonsense in California"
I was sold! No bullshit straight talk ha
We're drawn to conservative people with traditional values. Even though my wife isn't political, lifestyles are obviously still categorized as liberal or conservative and the latter is my preferred neighbor. We want to be somewhere where our opinions are shared and valued and counted not rejected and shunned.
I'd like to think I'm an Idahoan what was misplaced in CA at birth. I have friends that don't belong there, but surely don't belong in CA. I tell them to move to Oregon and Washington, where their brand of politics can benefit constitutional freedom and they can still smoke their dope, but that shit isn't for me.
I'm hoping to counteract a transplant communist vote and have my vote counted instead of put in the discard pile. I'm definitely not representative of the average Californian, but I would guess there are more like me than the total population of ID, MT and WY combined
The blue-state exodus gains momentum
The blue-state exodus is only a snapshot of what dissatisfaction will emerge if blue-state policies take over the White House.
thehill.com
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Thread kinda evened out but this fit well in the middle ha
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My wife snapped that at a stoplight from her California plated vehicle, semi terrified ha
We were up in the panhandle meeting a contractor, (mild 2A warrior hero, largely selected because of that) to look at our site.
We have been trying to escape CA for a few years, looking originally at Oregon. At the time the Oregon legislature had a better outlook than it does today. They didn't have a super majority and a couple of the democrats caucused with republicans on many issues.
I felt like it was probably a time bomb, even though it seemed like paradise at the same time. Similar weather, better laws, kinder people. There was hope that when a silly law was proposed, it would get shot down.
After a year of looking around Oregon, '16 went down. My state passed laws I thought wouldn't pass, only to be really crushed that ballot initiatives directly voted on by the people supported the same outcome. The only thing the initiatives supported more strongly than legalization of drugs was illegalization of my rights to purchase ammunition.
Here I am, wasting my life, voting where it doesn't count. Outside CA, "look at those dumb fucking cock bag Californians wrecking their state" and all I can be from CA is 'that'
I realize OR isn't going to cut it, so I start looking on WA. My brother in law lives in Olympia. He has an indoor gun range down town in a liquor store. How fuckin 'Merica is that? What's crazy is we didn't get to go shoot there until 2018, and between 2016 and 2018 downtown somehow turned in to Portland (fuck Portland)
I thought.. maybe it's ok. Still have better laws, seems like a reasonable populace overall.. naw.. my wife didn't even feel safe there anymore. In 2 years!(surely if you lived there for your whole life, different optic)
I said let's go look at Spokane. I looked at those maps like what were posted earlier. Saw the hope. When we drove up, we had just heard CDA was nice from a family member, and another friend was seeing a specialist there. He said it was amazing (figure every city's 'old Mill district' appeals to all Californians ha)
So on our exploration of Spokane, we stayed in CDA. We drove all over, outside and around the Spokane area and loved it. 6 months later we came back up to try to find a place and end up buying land in the panhandle.
While most people we meet are from CA, most are very conservative and merely beat us up there. One nice couple said "we like to say welcome, and leave that liberal California nonsense in California"
I was sold! No bullshit straight talk ha
We're drawn to conservative people with traditional values. Even though my wife isn't political, lifestyles are obviously still categorized as liberal or conservative and the latter is my preferred neighbor. We want to be somewhere where our opinions are shared and valued and counted not rejected and shunned.
I'd like to think I'm an Idahoan what was misplaced in CA at birth. I have friends that don't belong there, but surely don't belong in CA. I tell them to move to Oregon and Washington, where their brand of politics can benefit constitutional freedom and they can still smoke their dope, but that shit isn't for me.
I'm hoping to counteract a transplant communist vote and have my vote counted instead of put in the discard pile. I'm definitely not representative of the average Californian, but I would guess there are more like me than the total population of ID, MT and WY combined
The blue-state exodus gains momentum
The blue-state exodus is only a snapshot of what dissatisfaction will emerge if blue-state policies take over the White House.thehill.com
Very well said.
It has been awhile, brother! 2015 Hide Cup with Caylen. I've been working on getting back out west for a while now. Hopefully this pans out. Always liked Idaho when I traveled there occasionally for work.
The opportunities for me have been either New Mexico, back to Colorado, Alaska or Cali. That is until this Idaho gig came up. It checks all the boxes.
Property Tax Rates, Income Tax, Recreation, Jobs, Etc. are all driving factors to where people choose to live. I doubt many consider politics.
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States With the Highest (and Lowest) Property Taxes – Page 5 – 24/7 Wall St.
Source: pbk-pg / Getty Images 35. California > Effective property tax rate: 0.70% > Median home value: $546,800 (2nd highest) > Per capita property taxes: $1,559 (17th highest) > Median household income: $75,277 (6th highest) Source: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD / Wikimedia Commons 34. Idaho >...
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Thread kinda evened out but this fit well in the middle ha
View attachment 7223381
My wife snapped that at a stoplight from her California plated vehicle, semi terrified ha
We were up in the panhandle meeting a contractor, (mild 2A warrior hero, largely selected because of that) to look at our site.
We have been trying to escape CA for a few years, looking originally at Oregon. At the time the Oregon legislature had a better outlook than it does today. They didn't have a super majority and a couple of the democrats caucused with republicans on many issues.
I felt like it was probably a time bomb, even though it seemed like paradise at the same time. Similar weather, better laws, kinder people. There was hope that when a silly law was proposed, it would get shot down.
After a year of looking around Oregon, '16 went down. My state passed laws I thought wouldn't pass, only to be really crushed that ballot initiatives directly voted on by the people supported the same outcome. The only thing the initiatives supported more strongly than legalization of drugs was illegalization of my rights to purchase ammunition.
Here I am, wasting my life, voting where it doesn't count. Outside CA, "look at those dumb fucking cock bag Californians wrecking their state" and all I can be from CA is 'that'
I realize OR isn't going to cut it, so I start looking on WA. My brother in law lives in Olympia. He has an indoor gun range down town in a liquor store. How fuckin 'Merica is that? What's crazy is we didn't get to go shoot there until 2018, and between 2016 and 2018 downtown somehow turned in to Portland (fuck Portland)
I thought.. maybe it's ok. Still have better laws, seems like a reasonable populace overall.. naw.. my wife didn't even feel safe there anymore. In 2 years!(surely if you lived there for your whole life, different optic)
I said let's go look at Spokane. I looked at those maps like what were posted earlier. Saw the hope. When we drove up, we had just heard CDA was nice from a family member, and another friend was seeing a specialist there. He said it was amazing (figure every city's 'old Mill district' appeals to all Californians ha)
So on our exploration of Spokane, we stayed in CDA. We drove all over, outside and around the Spokane area and loved it. 6 months later we came back up to try to find a place and end up buying land in the panhandle.
While most people we meet are from CA, most are very conservative and merely beat us up there. One nice couple said "we like to say welcome, and leave that liberal California nonsense in California"
I was sold! No bullshit straight talk ha
We're drawn to conservative people with traditional values. Even though my wife isn't political, lifestyles are obviously still categorized as liberal or conservative and the latter is my preferred neighbor. We want to be somewhere where our opinions are shared and valued and counted not rejected and shunned.
I'd like to think I'm an Idahoan what was misplaced in CA at birth. I have friends that don't belong there, but surely don't belong in CA. I tell them to move to Oregon and Washington, where their brand of politics can benefit constitutional freedom and they can still smoke their dope, but that shit isn't for me.
I'm hoping to counteract a transplant communist vote and have my vote counted instead of put in the discard pile. I'm definitely not representative of the average Californian, but I would guess there are more like me than the total population of ID, MT and WY combined
The blue-state exodus gains momentum
The blue-state exodus is only a snapshot of what dissatisfaction will emerge if blue-state policies take over the White House.thehill.com
Welcome to Idaho...We need more like you!!!
Buddy lives in Boise and I enjoy visiting. First time I walked into a bar there- 3 attractive women debating the best deer cartridge and it got heated! Everyone (even people with 400sq/ft houses) have 3 car garages to fit all their outdoor toys- from kayaks to snow mobiles to ATVs etc. Coming from TX the concept of all that public land blew my mind- like driving down the highway you can just stop wherever, park on the side of the road and head in to go camping.
If it wasnt so frigging cold Id consider moving there myself.
If it wasnt so frigging cold Id consider moving there myself.
Yes, stay away from Idaho unless you're a hunter and rugged outdoorsman/woman...It's cold. It's snowy. Brrrr!!!
Same goes for Texas only its the heat. Our streets are littered with bodies of those who ran out of water and those who foolishly believed you can put beans in chili and still call it chili.
