I’m not from the Chamber of Commerce but let me pad that Idaho suggestion just a bit. The entire Great Basin which is Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Southern Idaho, and a bit more is all great living country for a number of unique reasons, and not just solid people, cowboys, ranchers, farmers, loggers et. al. Except for the river basins most of it is 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation which keeps both summers and winters moderate. The Great Basin is protected from stoopid weather by two west side mountain ranges that scrape off the heavy Pacific rain, and the Rockies which shield from the Canadian cold spells.
The humidity is always low making the whole place great for maintaining machinery, hardware, etc. It’s really hard to make iron rust. That is a huge benny to me since I have a bunch of that stuff.
The entire area is accessed by both US highways and heavy railroads in case transport is important. Along with that electricity, mostly due to hydropower, is cheaper than the rest of the country.
Almost anything , food-wise, grows at one place or another because of either natural rainfall or huge irrigation systems. And the area is home to the really bigaxx farm tractors that are fun to watch. The Palouse is where Bush43 got the 40,000 tons of grain he gave to the Norks
some years ago.
With many towns being 100 or more miles apart it’s a great place for biker dudes to let ‘er rip-—— but I’d better not let that cat out of its bag. Forget I said that. Smokey might be listening.
It’s kind of fun to run down the list once in awhile, but as I noted, I’m not from the Chamber of Commerce or even the Tourist Bureau so I better quit before I get tired. Good luck with making your choice on a long time home.
That’s a great endorsement! Thank you for taking the time to give me all that information.
My spread is in Lander County NV, heart of Basin and Range country. The county is about half the size of the state of Maryland with about 2500 registered voters. I think 3 or 4 of them have voted democrat LOL. Sheriff’s declared it a Second Amendment sanctuary county.
It will get exceptionally cold there on occasion if a front passes through in the winter but I’ve slept in the back of my pickup truck there from end of February/first week of March to end of November (post Thanksgiving weekend).
Low point on my property is about 5000 feet, high about 7000. Mountain backing it is ~9700 feet.