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I"m looking for some information. Maybe you can help. Let's assume you wanted to relocate to another State. Which one would you choose. Here's some of my criteria.
1. Reasonable gun laws, concealed and open carry and relatively small hassle purchasing handguns.
2. Good hunting, fishing and hiking opportunities.
3. CC in state parks and forests.
4. Good economy and employment/business opportunities.
5. Good schools
6. Reasonable taxes and affordable properties, lets say 100 acres for homestead - 2 to 300 K.
7. For wife. 1 to 2 hours from an urban area, any size,where you can CC.
8. AM I CRAZY???

I"m sure that there must be some place that meets some of the criteria. One of the great things about THR is that there a hundreds of American's linked to this forum with experience that they share. This amazes me.

What do you like about where you live? What would you change to make it better?

Thanks in advance.

Frisco
 
Colorado would meet that list for the most part (although the Dems in Denver are working on screwing up #4, but there's a good chance they're all going to get fired shortly).

As for the last part of #6, that might put you out in the eastern plains.
 
Fireman - thanks! Hmmmmm? Now that's a place I"ll have to look into. Kentucky never crossed my mind..........It feels right just thinking about it!
 
I have a cousin in Colorado Springs that I have should visit. Hopefully the Dems won't mess it up anywhere near as NY. I did some rock climbing once in the Boulder area. Pretty nice place.
 
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friscolatchi said:
I"m looking for some information. Maybe you can help. Let's assume you wanted to relocate to another State. Which one would you choose. Here's some of my criteria.
1. Reasonable gun laws, concealed and open carry and relatively small hassle purchasing handguns.
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Alaska, no Concealed license, if you can buy a gun you can carry it concealed or open.
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2. Good hunting, fishing and hiking opportunities.
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Erm Alaska... Best hunting and fishing in North America
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3. CC in state parks and forests.
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Did I mention Alaska...
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4. Good economy and employment/business opportunities.
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In the right circumstances Alaska, but it depends on what you do, if it's POL, or GIS you're set.
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5. Good schools
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Dunno, There's University of Alaska Fairbanks and Anchorage, I have no clue about pre College though
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6. Reasonable taxes and affordable properties, lets say 100 acres for
homestead - 2 to 300 K.
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Did I mention Alaska yet...?
My Property taxes... 0 dollars, on 80+ acres.
No State income tax, no state sales tax.
Oh and live here a year and get paid for the privilege of living here via PFD.
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7. For wife. 1 to 2 hours from an urban area, any size,where you can CC.
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I live out in the boonies and can make Fairbanks in good weather in 2.5 hours, it can take up to 8 in bad weather though. Yes you can Concealed carry in Fairbanks.
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8. AM I CRAZY???
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Only if you don't move to Alaska based on your criteria.
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I"m sure that there must be some place that meets some of the criteria. One of the great things about THR is that there a hundreds of American's linked to this forum with experience that they share. This amazes me.
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friscolatchi said:
What do you like about where you live? What would you change to make it better?

Thanks in advance.

Frisco
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Currently what I like is everything and I wouldn't change a thing where else can you get a resident subsistence license for $62 that covers hunting and fishing. Admittedly its a little bit harder than living in a fully wired lower 48, but I have internet, power, water. None of those things are supplied by normal means though. I have a well, a generator and solar panels with battery array and inverters ($30k of power generation and supply but no forseeable bills for the next 10 years). Internet is satellite, not cable of FIOS, but I get by.
 
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Vermont fits everything but 6. Economy is a little different than many places, but it's workable once you get the hang of it.

No loaded long guns in vehicles, it's a fish and game law. Can't carry a weapon concealed if you have the avowed intent of doing someone harm. Not supposed to point a gun or shoot at anyone except in defense. Brass knuckles and blackjacks are a felony. Switchblades are a $25 fine. That's pretty much it.
 
Are there any warm parts of Alaska?

You know, sorta like, ohhhh, San Diego is?


I'm intending to move, but I really hate COLD Weather!!!


Lol...
 
I would say Kentucky fits your criteria. Also, your wife will love Louisville and feel safe walking the streets there.

Edit: Just noticed I appear to be the only person not pimping my state. I like it here in CT but it doesn't fit your criteria.
 
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Are there any warm parts of Alaska?

You know, sorta like, ohhhh, San Diego is?


I'm intending to move, but I really hate COLD Weather!!!


Lol...
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Pah, warm is 0F after a week of -40F maximum daily temperatures lowest it's been here this winter is -56F. Tonight for instance it's -26F outside and sitting here it's pretty comfortable in front of the stove. I certainly don't feel any colder than I used to in Seattle this time last year. Although there's a lot less rain and a lot more snow.

Summer wise its pretty temperate, with historical maximums in the 80's and 90's, obviously historical lows are around the -60's.
 
Eastern Washington is pretty decent, sales tax is one of the highest in the country i believe, but its not too bad.
 
if your willing move to Victoria, Australia you can have all of that, except 1, 3 and 7.

lots of schools
large and small rural centres with low crime rates, 1-2hrs from a major city
lots of jobs
lots of hunting oportunities all year round
good value land.

down side is you will lose all your rights to defend yourself and your family, and getting firearms is a real pain in the ass.
 
Idaho has it all except the economy right now with unemployment hovering around 10%, but that's pretty much everywhere.

1. Reasonable gun laws, concealed and open carry and relatively small hassle purchasing handguns.
2. Good hunting, fishing and hiking opportunities.
3. CC in state parks and forests.

I live in the Boise area and CCW is only required in city limits, and once outside city limits then it's open carry. I camp in the Boise National Forest and Frank Church Wilderness and open carry the entire time I'm there with long guns and sidearms. Fishing, camping, and hiking are as close as 20 minutes from downtown and for hunting you're looking at about 2 hours to the closest spots for elk.

4. Good economy and employment/business opportunities.

Yeah, this is the only problem we have right now unless you're employed by fed/state gov, are in the medical field, or education.

5. Good schools
6. Reasonable taxes and affordable properties, lets say 100 acres for homestead - 2 to 300 K.
7. For wife. 1 to 2 hours from an urban area, any size,where you can CC.
8. AM I CRAZY???

Eagle, Meridian, Kuna, and Boise all have great schools. They don't focus on test prep like California does (this is how CA schools get funding) and actually have homework. My oldest is 14 and starts Hunters Education classes this semester in his school. Yes, I said in a PUBLIC school. How that for you?

Taxes are really good, I just bought a brand new home and my yearly taxes are $700 a year for a house on a 1/4 acre that's about 2200 sq feet. We're just inside city limits and in a neighborhood but we still have a "outside the city" feel. 25 minutes to the mall and major shopping, 30 minutes to the airport. Larger property sizes are north of Eagle and Boise going towards Cascade and McCall but stay away from the mountain country because property taxes in ski areas are insane. You could also go east towards Mountain Home, but its a small town of around 12,000 .... or Twin Falls as they have the same kinds of things Boise does, although I don't know about their schools.

Cascade and McCall are about 3 hours north of Boise, but it's a mountain pass following the Payette River so it's slow going in bad weather but you get the larger land plots that way as well so there's the trade off. A lot of development going on up there, but there is still a lot of land out that way.


And no, you're not crazy!



Kris
 
Alaska sounds great all around.

MarineOne, Idaho sounds really nice. I have a friend that lives in Jackson Hole. Pretty close. I've been to the City of Rocks climbing about 10 or so years ago. I would definately like to check out Idaho during a road trip to Wy within the next few years. I believe that Armedbear hails from there as well.

I"m ok with the cold weather, in fact I rather like it, as long as I can burn wood. However, my wife only tolerates it.

Kentucky, now that's a place I never considered and it's only less than a 24 hour drive from my home. I"ll have to look into the gun laws and other opportunities.

Vermont has promise. I'm not too far from your fair state, and we like Burlington. If there was reciprocity between states firearm ownership would be much better.


Ozhuntsman, when I was a kid, (1950's) my father would always talk about relocating to Australia, and my mother would have no part of it. He loved her too much to relocate. It must have changed much, as well as most everywhere, in the last 40 years.

Thanks all for replies so far. I can still more info for analysis...
 
Missouri:
1. Good ccw law, open carry ok by state law (but some cities prohibit it), purchase of handgun just like a rifle - pay and carry, loaded handguns in car without permit ok, exposed loaded long guns ok in car.
2. Good hunting state - over run with deer.
3. CCW ok in parks and forests
4. Economy tough in big cities, much better in some smaller to mid-sized communities.
5. Yes. Depends on district to a degree. You must do some research.
6. Good to go.
7. Good. We travel east one hour or west one hour to get into good shopping, music, eating, etc., yet I can walk out my back door to hunt and shoot.
8. No, but realize that unless you are moving where there is lots of public ground it will take a while to integrate into a community enough to find properities to hunt on. No problem if you buy your own land.
 
Georgia fills the bill for the most part. A little weak in the crime category in certain parts of our state, and in pre-college education. However, since temperature extremes are not a factor in your parameters, I'd be inclined to point you towards Alaska.
 
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