That's It- I'm Moving!

[Great-Kazoo]

We moved back to Wichita Kansas (the city we're originally from) but we looked real hard at Rapid City, SD ... it looks like a good place.


Says the guy living in Wyoming

Look, eventually the left will destroy everything. Moving because of politics isn't a bad idea if you decide to move to a place that will be part of one of the new nations that will rise out of the ashes of the USA when it falls apart.

How true.

[Bailey Guns]

Yeah...I don't buy the "don't move because of politics" angle, either. I've done it twice and it's worked well both times. You just have to think about where you want to go is all. Idaho and Oklahoma solidly went to Trump...64 and 66 percent respectively. Not a single county in Oklahoma voted blue. Even the large metro areas are pretty solidly red here. If you choose a different state that's currently nearly split politically, that's a different story. I'll be long gone before OK goes blue. We all will. Idaho, too, for that matter.

[Bailey Guns]

ETA: To the above... I wouldn't make that my sole consideration in moving. But it's definitely a factor to be considered. Otherwise, some areas of California would look attractive for a lot of reasons.

Regardless of what some people on this forum seem to think, there's nothing wrong with moving from a state for political reasons or otherwise. I did it to improve my standard of living. Twice... And it worked out quite well both times. I just looked at solidly red states before making my choice.

[Irving]

The closer you are to retirement, the easier it is to move.

[Sawin]

The closer you are to retirement, the easier it is to move.

That’s one truth, with the earlier precursor for me being “when the kids graduate and move out”. I’m hoping to coincide those two things and retire when the youngest leaves home in 16 years.

That said, I have a hard time believing we will be in CO for 16 more years. I’ve been here for 15 so far and it’s blown up too much already… I totally understand why folks are taking their equity and leaving for cheaper housing markets.

[00tec]

That’s one truth, with the earlier precursor for me being “when the kids graduate and move out”. I’m hoping to coincide those two things and retire when the youngest leaves home in 16 years.

That said, I have a hard time believing we will be in CO for 16 more years. I’ve been here for 15 so far and it’s blown up too much already… I totally understand why folks are taking their equity and leaving for cheaper housing markets.

Especially where you're at. Used to be fields just a few years ago. Now all that stuff has moved in within the last 10 years

[UrbanWolf]

Dont move because of politics. You wont win. The cancer is spreading throughout the country. IF you like Colorado, stay. I know people in states that have been conservative strongholds that complain about the takeover daily. South Carolina and Florida come to mind. Many states people just havent been paying attention. Colorado has had many many more democrat Governors since its becoming a state. It was never quite as conservative as people remember. (not militantly left though)

It doesnt matter how many gun owners or conservatives people think their states have. The big cities in all 50 states will always be able to out vote the rest of the state. It doesnt even have to be that many big cities to ruin a state. Colorado landwise is mostly conservative. However the 7 county metro area destroyed the whole rest of the state. Of course not everyone in those counties is a liberal and the majority still screws everyone.

Pick somewhere you like and stay. (unless you are the kind of person who just likes moving, in which case disregard the advice)

This right here. More and more light blue or purple state are turning solid blue the same way Dems took over Colorado. MI, VA, AZ... Be prepared to see Texas turn blue or be too close next election. Move for jobs when the chance arrive, or buy property in other states that is cheaper than CO for passive income and asset, prepare for eventual move but don't just move for the politics.

[Bailey Guns]

The closer you are to retirement, the easier it is to move.

Generally speaking I'd agree with that.

[Bailey Guns]

Move for jobs when the chance arrive, or buy property in other states that is cheaper than CO for passive income and asset, prepare for eventual move but don't just move for the politics.

That's probably a good way to put it.

[Great-Kazoo]

This right here. More and more light blue or purple state are turning solid blue the same way Dems took over Colorado. MI, VA, AZ... Be prepared to see Texas turn blue or be too close next election. Move for jobs when the chance arrive, or buy property in other states that is cheaper than CO for passive income and asset, prepare for eventual move but don't just move for the politics.

AZ is far from solid blue. The only reason kelly won, McSally was a shitty candidate. We have more gun rights than CO and other states, all the way up to nfa items, of any kind. You can't walk down a street or enter a business in CO, open carrying. Here, no one looks twice.

We left CO primarily due to the liberal infestation, sucking the life out of CO ,and my wallet. The 2nd was traffic, plus we're both retired.
Down here i have 4x the land, outbuildings and property taxes are 1/3 of what they were in CO. I can drive 10 min and be on state land.
Instead of coddling the homeless, they're discouraged from hanging out. Down to, there's the road, we suggest you leave. Unlike CO where the bums litter the streets of denver, and ruined small business in Ft Collins, etc.


Is AZ safe, like most states, of course not. By the time if it does, go full tilt liberal. I'll be either too senile to know better, or a box of ashes.

It's you younger folks who are really screwed.