Re: North Dakota & Wyoming
North Dakota is “moderate” conservative at the state political level and quite to very conservative once you get away from the public sector in Bismarck, Grand Forks and Fargo.
Wyoming is more conservative at the state level (their outgoing Dem governor was more conservative than N.D.’s outgoing Republican governor, who is now the new senator) and Wyoming is marvelously conservative out in the countryside-—if you stay away from Jackson Hole and country club spots like that.
North Dakota is colder and doesn’t have mountains, but it has good bird hunting and great walleye fishing in the 200-mile long Lake Sakakawea; Wyoming has good rivers and trout fishing and big-game hunting, but once you are away from the mountains you could just as well be in North Dakota.
Both states have oil; North Dakota positively swims in the stuff right now. You want work, you want to make money and you are a tough bastard who can take cold, heat and real work-—head to western North Dakota. Write your own ticket.
Thanks for the tips....they both sound fine to me!