largecaliber
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4Freedom. It's the federal law that stops the carry of weapons in Yellowstone, not the Wyoming State law. Who knows, if things go well that may be changed also.
You probably wont be happy here. Winter starts in September and last until May. Summer is the 5th of July and maybe part of the morning of the 6th. Winds of less than 20 knots constitute a calm day. You might live 150 miles from the mall and skateboard parks are hard to find, as are sunny beaches. Cultural events ( cello recitals, poetry readings, etc) are uncommon. No comedy clubs, medical marijuana or Code Pink meetings. The natives are a bunch of ignorant beerswilling rednecks who are armed to the teeth and dont mind telling you why. It is a right-to-work state so you might have to actually do some work to make ends meet. Regardless of how hard you try, you will NOT be able to change Alaska into the place you just left . The only thing that will resemble back east or the left coast is the state newspaper, the Anchorage daily news which the natives call the Anchorage daily worker for good reason.
If, however, all of the above sounds like your kind of place, welcome aboard .
Now, Montana's not a bad place you see, but it's just not Wyoming. Cars with Obama stickers do not have holes in them. I don't understand.
My personal view of Wyoming is admittedly quite dated.
Back in the pioneer days (early 70's) I stayed for a spell in Rock Springs while working on the Jim Bridger Power Plant.
Rock Springs was the most wretched, miserable, corrupt little town I have ever witnessed or stayed in. The speed limit was 25 mph and the local cops delighted in writing speeding tickets for people going 26 mph.
Of course, they were bleeding the itinerant construction workers (of whom there were a few thousand) for everything they could get from them. Sort of a new mining boom for the town coffers.
The wind was something else entirely. On the drive from the town to the power plant and back, it was unheard of not to come upon at least one truck/motorhome/car per week that had been literally blown off the road and was on its side or even upside down.
That was a different century, however, and maybe things have changed.
Like maybe they lowered the speed limit to 20 mph and you can get a ticket for going 21?
The upside was that every third store on the main street was a package store in front with a bar in the back. Needless to say with all of the construction workers in the area, they did almost as much business as the traffic court robbers.