Posted on 03/14/2018 9:21:57 AM PDT by WKTimpco
I was born and raised in Southern Nevada. I remember it to be a free place, but the area is "Sin City." Since moving from there, I've become a Christ follower. But now I'm in the Godless, anti-gun, anti-Liberty, illegal-alien-loving slave state of California.
I've been hatching a plot to escape: Wifey, son and I move to Southern Nevada and get our main place. (Wifey doesn't want the cold or super rural-ness of the north east.) Then we buy a mountain cabin in Northern Nevada where my son and I can travel to often to live as free men to hunt, fish, carry a gun (NV CCL now), and live with the blessings of freedom that God gave every red-blooded American.
I am comfortable with moving to Nevada because of my familiarity with it and the friends I have there. But I don't know about other free places to move to.
Here are the pluses of Nevada: - GREAT for gun liberty and freedom to hunt, etc. (at least for now) - Dry and bug-less - Big, "Leave me alone" spaces up North for scenarios involving the breadown of social order
Here are the minuses of the plan - Southern Nevada (influential because of large population) is run by Dims (although the conservative movement is bold there too) - Many Angelenos have brought their socialism there - Nevada voted for OStinker twice and Killery once (but the Northern Nevada armed, patriotic cowboy is alive and well, and he is influential and won't back down from a fight)
My biggest concern is that Nevada will become a liberal spit-hole like California some time after I move there.
What do you think?
Depends on how comfortable you are with being in a remote, very low population density area.
I found an island in Southeast Alaska that I think is nearly perfect for my needs. Most people wouldn’t even consider it because you can’t just drive here (Or drive away), but the town is very conservative. 2500 people, 12 churches, two bars, two grocery stores, two hardware stores (That sell guns)and no roads connecting to any other town or city. The economy is based on commercial fishing with two packing plants and excellent harbors. Access by air or boat only.
Did I mention that it is an outdoorsman’s paradise? Best hunting and fishing in the world. You being from the Southwest probably would not like it much though. It is in the Tongass, a cool and wet sub-arctic/Northern temperate rain forest. But then, I came here after 30 years in Deep Blue Hawaii so...
The tech industry has discovered Utah in large numbers, as the next available overflow from the Bay Area.
Downtown Salt Lake is now pure blue.
They close on the house in 2 weeks and everyone of them has been in CA since 1952. Damn sad for them, but they are ecstatic.
They close on the house in 2 weeks and everyone of them has been in CA since 1952. Damn sad for them, but they are ecstatic.
Lifelong Californian here, I don’t know much about Nevada, but I would vote that you move to a borderline purple state as opposed to a solid red state so you can help keep it from becoming blue.
NO! The Ozarks are full....of Timber Rattlers, Water Moccasins, Copperheads, Black widow spiders, brown recluses, scorpions, mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, chiggers, kudzu, rednecks, and Clintons!
Well you cannot be close to Tahoe if you wish to escape liberalism. Having done Tahoe in the 70’s to the extreme, it doesn’t appeal to me in the least at this point, but that’s just me.
Having investigated Nevada “some” the choices seem fairly extreme and problematical, in their way(s). You can go northeastern and essentially be in Idaho; or northwestern and be in extreme No CA/Oregon; both of which might well fulfill the climate/hunting/topology you wish but if you draw a line across Nevada at Reno/Sparks, north of that line there’s almost nothing; which has an impact on socialization and all that implies.
Nevada is everywhere a tough choice, IMHO. I was planning on moving there in 2002 when I foolishly sold my duplex. I was never able to find an area that appealed to me that much. Part of that is from living in a nice area in CA (though I have exactly the same escape aspirations you do) The choice is easier if you wish to camp in the middle of nowhere with your family. If you want something resembling a small city with some resources around, it’s harder. Carson City tempted me, but now real estate has become stupid expensive there.
Ultimately you may wish to expand your search to Idaho.
I am making an assumption here. Are you going to change the voting habits that caused this massive cluster? If not, please do not move into Virginia. It sucks enough already.
Move to a small town.
Higher quality of life, no crime, no congestion and simple living.
And no high taxes, burdensome regulations and bureaucracy to deal with.
What’s not to like?
Although I live in Tennessee, I’m partial to Southern Utah
For instance Bluff.
I don’t know about the politics but think it is not progressive
“Move to a small town.”
If no wifey, I’d move to a small town in a heartbeat. Wifey says, “Sure,” but then I might hear forever how much I forced her to go. Things like that happened before with us.
But maybe it’d grow on her.
“My biggest concern is that Nevada will become a liberal spit-hole like California some time after I move there.”
My wife grew up in Las Vegas. She hates what it has become. When she moved to CA she did so because 53 years ago Las Vegas was already in the process of becoming the $hit hole that it is today. Clark County now controls the entire state. It doesn’t matter how the people in the rest of the state vote, because as Clark County goes, so goes Nevada. Nevada is the ultimate example of what a single large urban population center can do to the politics of a state. So much to say, sadly Nevada is California on steroids. Quite frankly the case for Northern Nevada forming it’s own new state is greater than that of California. There are currently 2.5 million in Clark County, with the rest of the state being less than 500,000. So moving to Nevada will insure that your vote means absolutely nothing.
The more important issue is this business of moving away from Liberalism. Yeah, you can salvage a few years, say moving to Texas, but Texas is well on it’s way, via the dual problems of large RAT-infested big cities, coupled with a gaggle of counties on the Rio Grande that are Mexican RAT-run, that it will turn blue, in the not too distant future( rant on Texas $hit kickers, but you know that it’s coming). So unless Conservatives are willing to stay where they grew up and fight the Left, we may as well hand over the whole country to them and kiss our Republic good bye.
I fled California about a decade ago when I retired, and moved to Colorado. In retrospect, I probably should have moved to Idaho. Mesa County (CO) is supposed to be a "conservative" enclave; but in the last local election (school board & ballot initiatives) it was a clean sweep for the Left. I'm hoping to die of old age before it gets as bad here as California.
That’s Arkansas.
Not Mizzou.
We live in a very small town—and my wife grew up on a farm so she is in her comfort zone as well.
When I visit the big city I feel sorry for the folks there—humans were not meant to be packed in like sardines in a sardine can.
More important than anything....move somewhere where you can find a job.
It costs about 10k to move your average family across country and if you don’t have a job waiting, you have just lit fire to a bunch of money.
Also know you are not going to find everything on your list.
Some places are affordable but jobs are unavailable.
Others have poor weather or have frequent storms.
Invest some time into doing research and then fly in to see if you like it and check on home prices.
Great to get free plastic bags in the supermarket, buy a firearm and get it in five minutes, pay $2.68 per gallon for premium gasoline, and get complemented several times on your MAGA cap in the local Costco.
Are you familiar with Kos Cabin in Payson ?
I have no desire to move to a small town or rural area. Sure, for vacations. But I really am a city girl and I have young kids who need either services or competitive sports. I wouldn’t mind living in a slightly left of center city either. If it’s big enough anyone can find a way to make it work. But I don’t like living where I have to keep my beliefs quiet or my whole family is ostracized. I have a maga hat but if I ever wore it I’d be in danger or at least waylaid and called names all day in front of my family. When it’s time to sell my family’s place here, I’m out too. Still looking at Nashville or Denver areas.
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