They will follow you, like a bunch of locusts.
Go north. You already know how to draw the map. Seriously, Wyoming is totally different. Stay out of Teton County though.
Do you have to leave the state? Why not move to Gunnison? Or sterling?
I’m very familiar with Mid state or Northern Maine. Actually all of Maine since I lived there in the 80’s and have vacationed there every year since.
Portland and the entire coast is “Commaine”. But most other is very conservative blue collar. Mainers are cautious of non Mainers but are very friendly once they know you. A beautiful state. No big cities unless you count Portland and it’s infested with millennial twits. And it isn’t very big either. Low tax base. I’m definitely considering inland for retirement. I now live in VA which I’m sure everyone is very familiar with lately.
Texas has:
-deep water ports
-oil/natural gas
-plenty of agricultural land
-water
-nukes
-an air force
I’m a realtor near Dallas. DM me.
Watch the video of a short speech by one of the coolest and most conservative Governors in the US, Kristi Noem.
I guarantee you that you will be packing your bags to move to South Dakota after listening to this gal.
KRISTI NOEM BLASTS LEFTISTS' 'UNPRECEDENTED ATTACKS ON OUR FREEDOMS,' COUNTERS WITH MESSAGE OF HOPE
Wyoming near the Bighorns.
Butte MT (avoid Kalispell/Bozeman/Whitefish) Butte is an old school working town.
S Dakota - west side in the Hills, avoid Rapid City (my hometown), Hill City, and Spearfish. No income tax. Did I mention cold winters and snow? Yup. East River is flat. Really flat.
Consider Missouri (Branson area)
AZ - Flagstaff and Sedona
Avoid Utah and Idaho for the same reasons (unless you are Mormon).
N Dak? Oh, F No.... do you like trees and mountains? In N Dak the tallest tree is a telephone pole and the state bird is the mosquito.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Don’t go to New England states.....it’s all Blue up there.
Catholic?
I’m in the same position as the OP. Hoping for some new ideas here. If I have to give up skiing (it’s been ruined anyway) I should at least get warmer winters. Wife hates the desert, I’m not a fan of Texas. Grew up in VA, school in New England. Not going back to either.
If it is northern parts of New England ... New Hampshire is your only bet.
Even though we have both US Senators and Reps in the ‘D’ column, we have an all ‘R’ State Senate/House/Governor starting in Jan. (if ‘R’ means anything anymore).
No Sales Tax, No Income Tax, and property tax is not too bad of you don’t have a home overlooking a lake or the mountains.
Constitutional Carry state (no permits needed for anything firearms related).
Californians destroy every state that they invade. Except for us. We are the ones who left a decade ago and have voted Conservative in our new state.
Not Vermont. It”s already infested and has been for many years.
This site presents demographic info, including how people voted in given cities.
Check out https://www.coeurdalene.org/
To aid a process of elimination I recommend you stay away from the Northeast.
YW.
South Dakota. No state income tax and a hot Governor