Retire in Wyoming?

[JLDemo]

Both sets of my wifes grandparents have retired and moved to Dubois and Alpine, both love it and we really enjoy both areas. I prefer Dubois because of the availability of everything, from fishing off of your back porch (her grandparents own a home on the river) to hunting some very respectable deer on OTC tags. The migration routes that run through that region are something to see, the quality and quantity of deer that come off the mountains to migrate will make you butter your butt and call yourself a biscuit. Dubois would be my choice. Not too far from my favorite summertime hang outs either. Far enough from Jackson you don't have the man buns running rampant but close enough to see big horns within a short drive. Only item of concern for Dubois is the occasional Grizz that meanders through town, causing all the retirees to go into panic mode over fear of loosing their min-pins to a bear. Good luck with the search!

 

[Deleted member 16014]

I think once you've seen a certain number of sheep licking salt of the road it kinda loses it's magic. IMO there aren't that many places in Wyoming that are what I'd consider easy to live in; either because the roads are gnarly all winter, the wind blows a ton, cost of housing is high, etc. I know it doesn't seem like being 100 miles from home depot or having one electrician in town is a bad thing, just hope you don't have to rebuild your deck and the electrician is the same religion as you.

Sheridan/Buffalo and Alpine would be among the more easily "retirable" places in my book. I'm that told lots of old people agree.

 

[haiku_rodney]

I have friends in Cody. We visit them every year after Labor Day. I love the fly fishing in the area. We have chatted about retirement. Figure we can spend half the time in Cody and when it gets cold, live in Hawaii.

 

[Blacktailbc]

Lander seems nice . The right size IMO & in my experience a little less windy.

 

[rideold]

I keep watching this thread hoping the places I really like in WY don't get mentioned

 

[The Hedgehog]

I would suggest Riverton or Rawlins, due to the access of larger stores and good restaurants. But if you'd prefer a smaller town, maybe look into Wamsutter.

 

[madtom]

I would suggest Riverton or Rawlins, due to the access of larger stores and good restaurants. But if you'd prefer a smaller town, maybe look into Wamsutter.

I've always thought Bairoil looked nice, but I also love the cute little antique store in Jeffrey City.

 

[BuzzH]

I don't know, Rock River is on Soundpounder's list...perhaps bairoil, Jeffery City, and Wamsutter aren't that far-fetched.

 

[blb078]

Funny this thread came up. We are actually scheduled to be in Cody the beginning of Feb to look at a handful of small ranches in a few cities in the Big Horn Basin. Won't be for retirement though will be more a vacation type home at first and I doubt I'll try to become a resident at least in the near term due to other business opportunities elsewhere. Which brings me to a question, is there anything to do in Cody the first week of Feb?

 

[Deleted member 16014]

I would suggest Riverton or Rawlins, due to the access of larger stores and good restaurants. But if you'd prefer a smaller town, maybe look into Wamsutter.

Not many other places you can live in a railroad car, and have Chester's fried chicken right across the road.

 

[The Hedgehog]

 

[BuzzH]

Not many other places you can live in a railroad car, and have Chester's fried chicken right across the road.

And consider that fried chicken as "fine dining"....

 

[Tradewind]

Funny this thread came up. We are actually scheduled to be in Cody the beginning of Feb to look at a handful of small ranches in a few cities in the Big Horn Basin. Won't be for retirement though will be more a vacation type home at first and I doubt I'll try to become a resident at least in the near term due to other business opportunities elsewhere. Which brings me to a question, is there anything to do in Cody the first week of Feb?

Bowling league and snowmobile club

 

[Sandpounder]

I don't know, Rock River is on Soundpounder's list...perhaps bairoil, Jeffery City, and Wamsutter aren't that far-fetched.

Geez thanks guys, I had trouble narrowing down to seven and you all throw in three more solid contenders.

 

[Jayden12]

I'm actually looking into moving my family to Wheatland.I chose that area to search due to the fact I'm a contractor and need quick access to the biggest populations.Puts me within an hour of Casper,Cheyenne and Laramie and slightly longer to Fort Collins area.Housing looks very reasonable there and some small acreage building lots.I would think I could find plenty of work covering an hour in any direction from there.Good fishing not too far away,unit 7 close for at least guaranteed antlerless tags,no shortage of deer or antelope.Plus I'm a yote trapper and it wouldn't bother me much to catch some of those pesky $300+ bobcats.
There's some 3-5 acre building lots I'm interested in close to town.Id personally want to build my own home as I've done many for other people.Wife/kids want some livestock and raised gardens to keep her busy.That and filling a bunch of deer,antelope and elk tags should cut down on food bill,and figured on solar panels for my electric.
Anybody have any warnings that I'm looking in the wrong area/town??

 

[MLaird]

Funny this thread came up. We are actually scheduled to be in Cody the beginning of Feb to look at a handful of small ranches in a few cities in the Big Horn Basin. Won't be for retirement though will be more a vacation type home at first and I doubt I'll try to become a resident at least in the near term due to other business opportunities elsewhere. Which brings me to a question, is there anything to do in Cody the first week of Feb?

Museum of the West is nice, they have a pretty amazing gun collection. You could also go over to Yellowstone and go snowmobiling in the park. We did that 2 years ago and it was great. I think there is a small ski area close but I haven’t been there.

 

[LopeHunter]

How important is being able to get to a hospital with specialists on the ER staff in under 30 minutes? To get to an airport in under 1 hour that has direct, if not non-stop, flights to major cities in the region?

I will retire in Scottsdale, AZ, since access to medical specialists is something I value and I want to throw away the ice scraper and snow shovel I rarely use but still need.

I really enjoy visiting Cody when the roads are nice and dry can daytrip to Yellowstone, to Wind River and to see dinosaur footprints. But, for me, I would live in Casper or Cheyenne for a better blend of airport and medical. Cheyenne is under two hours drive to Denver, as well, to catch flights or see doctors.

 

[BuzzH]

I will retire in Scottsdale, AZ, since access to medical specialists is something I value and I want to throw away the ice scraper and snow shovel I rarely use but still need.

Good plan, I never have seen anyone shovel sunshine...

 

[BigHornRam]

Dubois is ranking # 1 so far on the interweb search.





Need to do some scouting this spring.

Lander is coming in second. Any thoughts on Lander?

 

[The Hedgehog]

Kidding aside Thermopolis might be hard to beat.