Land/Cabin in Wyoming

[Martinjmpr]

I lived in Wyoming for 5 years when I was in school and spent a lot of time exploring the state. While I did at one time consider living there, others have already given the reasons I didn't: Long, cold winters, lack of jobs, limited health care options, oh, and did I mention the long, brutally cold winters? Granted, Laramie is in the most inhospitable part of Wyoming, the I-80 corridor, but even the "milder" winters in the Cody valley are only "mild" by comparison to the rest of Wyoming.

WRT the economy, the boom-and-bust economic cycles that Wyoming goes through make it tough to establish any kind of business there. It's either feast or famine: Either the economy is booming and newcomers are moving in from out of state, leading to a housing shortage and crowding, or it's a bust cycle with businesses failing, houses going into foreclosure and main streets filled with boarded-up buildings. Both boom and bust economies also seem to bring transient workers, prostitution and meth/crack.

[Great-Kazoo]

I lived in Wyoming for 5 years when I was in school and spent a lot of time exploring the state. While I did at one time consider living there, others have already given the reasons I didn't: Long, cold winters, lack of jobs, limited health care options, oh, and did I mention the long, brutally cold winters? Granted, Laramie is in the most inhospitable part of Wyoming, the I-80 corridor, but even the "milder" winters in the Cody valley are only "mild" by comparison to the rest of Wyoming.

WRT the economy, the boom-and-bust economic cycles that Wyoming goes through make it tough to establish any kind of business there. It's either feast or famine: Either the economy is booming and newcomers are moving in from out of state, leading to a housing shortage and crowding, or it's a bust cycle with businesses failing, houses going into foreclosure and main streets filled with boarded-up buildings. Both boom and bust economies also seem to bring transient workers, prostitution and meth/crack.

In the 80's , during the oil bust. Casper was referred to as, The Friendly Ghost Town.