Outlife's Top 20 Outdoor Cities

[Big Fin]

Outdoor Life's 2010 "Top 20 Towns for Sportsmen"

1. Rapid City, SD
2. Pocatello, ID
3. Page, AZ
4. Lewiston, ID
5. Kanab, UT
6. Bend, OR
7. Mountain Home, AR
8. Saratoga, WY
9. Rawlins, WY
10. Pierre, SD
11. Bismarck, ND
12. Rochester, MN
13. Marquette, MI
14. Grand Marais, MN
15. Cody, WY
16. Heber Springs, AR
17. Lander, WY
18. Sheridan, WY
19. Sioux Falls, SD
20. Cooper Landing, AK

I am glad to see some glaring ommissions escaped that list.

And give my sympathies to those living in these soon-to-be-exploited communities.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Ha! I wonder if you get a complimentary meth pipe when you move to Rawlins Wyoming.

 

[noharleyyet]

I

am glad to see some glaring ommissions escaped that list.

...no kidding!

 

[mtmiller]

Now that's funny. What was I thinking leaving Rapid City/Sturgis area for Montana?

 

[mtmiller]

Ha! I wonder if you get a complimentary meth pipe when you move to Rawlins Wyoming.

...but their education score is very good....

http://fsolmedia.com/OL/BestTownsComplete.html

 

[Drake4]

I lived in Rapid for 4-1/2 years..I liked it.
Don't know if it would be in my top 20 though.

 

[Big Slick]

Pocatello is #2! Wow I lived there for awhile and guess I must have really missed out!

 

[WapitiBob]

Were number 6.

Lived here for 50 years.

 

[rosco]

Pocatello is #2! Wow I lived there for awhile and guess I must have really missed out!

That one has me scratching my head too..some decent hunting around, but #2??

 

[BillyGoat]

That one has me scratching my head too..some decent hunting around, but #2??

The judges consider fishing also... and a steady, cold, miserable wind apparently helps in the voting also.

This list hasn't changed much since the last time it came out and I think the reactions haven't either.

 

[stillkickin]

as one of the poor souls that is cursed with living in spot # 13, I would wonder who was sniffing glue while picking the top locations.

 

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I love how a town will be in the top five one year, and off the list the next.

I guess this makes my decision on whether to stay in state or not easier, as MT obviously doesn't offer much for the outdoorsman.

 

[fowladdict]

I love how a town will be in the top five one year, and off the list the next.

I guess this makes my decision on whether to stay in state or not easier, as MT obviously doesn't offer much for the outdoorsman.

I'm guessing the editors/publishers/authors all live there.

 

[highmountian]

Hey IB, I think you need to tell them how cold the eastern part of the state!!!

 

[JoseCuervo]

That is funny that Pocatello and Lewiston are 40% of the top 5......

The two biggest "armpits" of Idaho....

But, that being said, I hope lots of people move there and not to the rest of the state....

 

[The Hedgehog]

Did anybody else notice that Bozeman had higher "smarts" points than Missoula? I told a lady wearing a griz sweatshirt in the lunchline today that she might want to think twice about wearing that out after dark.

 

[T Bone]

Zoweee...I just left #1 for Montrose, CO that didn't make the list.

Good news for people...My home is for sale near RC, SD. Someone buy it please.
http://www.bhmls.com/template41/nextpage.asp?mnu=194057

You can arrow deer from the front porch and listen to gobblers on the back porch.

 

[Sytes]

Did anybody else notice that Bozeman had higher "smarts" points than Missoula? I told a lady wearing a griz sweatshirt in the lunchline today that she might want to think twice about wearing that out after dark.

Bah...

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The top 20 and not a single MT location listed... I would be offended, though find myself actually happy MT is off the radar.

 

[Lawnboy]

Ha! I wonder if you get a complimentary meth pipe when you move to Rawlins Wyoming.

Same would hold true for Pocatello. I worked with some drywallers that had an uncanny need to drive to Pocatello each week. I finally asked what the heck are driving down there for? I should of never asked

 

[schmalts]

These lists are kind of interesting, but you have to remember they take in account for fishing and small game hunting as well i guess. Otherwise there is no way Mountain Home AR would have made it without the fishing on the White river.