On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 04:18:40 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

>B Server wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 13:20:49 -0800 (PST), rosie >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Fortune Magazine just published a list of best and worst states to retire. Number One is Wyoming !! Ouch , it doesn't all look like Jackson Hole !! Number 50
>>>was New York. Lots of reasons it is last mostly taxes, Texas where I am living was number 21. Has some good things, low taxes, some not so good... health Care.
>>
>> One problem with these lists is that there is a tremendous variation
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>> nirvana to the west, but someone would have to convince me.
>
>I'm not sure if it qualifies as nirvana but the Bighorn National Forest
>is pretty stunning
>

Oh there is no doubt that there is beautiful country there. 25-30
years ago, I backpacked in the Absarokas, Tetons, and Wind River
Range. But if they haven't alrready for you, I've noticed that those
mountains have gotten taller and steeper and the winters longer in the
last 30 years. In retirement, I'm pretty much going to be depending
on the advantages of civilization, that is, cities. So the
availability of good medical choices, a variety of restaurants and
well-stocked grocery and butcher shops, and good transportation to the
rest of the world all weigh heavily for me. For me, there has to be
something more than cowboy culture. There is no doubt the rural west
has changed a lot and you can listen to the locals cuss about the
Texans and Californians moving in pretty much in any state between the
two. I'm just not sure that I would want to join them permanently.