yeah, it's got me planning to eke out my golden years on the high plains of southwest Wyoming :) herding goats and haxing code in my secret underground lair
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oo, wyoming. they got good bitcoin laws 😎😅
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also good gun laws, low taxes... nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59uqzprf5h5jryfqv2cm3wj3akxgc0za2rsfn4mrnndj2yep9naq5hcetcvezue put me onto the idea, she's from there
Love it. Great plan.
Then you're atop a giant caldera though
i had more in mind somewhere around Rock Springs
if i'm too far to be near the lava then consider that it's been at more than 300 years since it last belched melted rock, they do eventually stop, and man does it have a ton of lava-belch sitting on top and all around everywhere nearby, this also limits how much can really get out
anyhow, far better than colorado for the laws i'll be expected to submit to
Rock Springs is nice... as long as yellowstone stays somewhat active, it's no real threat. I was curious if that was something you'd considered.
Colorado is beautiful & full of all sorts of things to do but yeah... not my choice of living environment either.
oh yeah, first thing i thought when i peered at the map was "oooh, big volcano"
then i was like "ok, most of that is national park and state forest anyhow, meh
then i was like "ok, what are the tallest parts where people actually live" and that part down the south/southeast was where i was thinking probably best
Have you spent amy time there before?
any* 🙄
never dared to enter into usg federal jurisdiction of any kind yet, never been on any part of the american continent
but idk what to say, i been in bulgaria, romania, hungary, slovenia, slovakia, netherlands, germany, now portugal, seems like easy mode going somewhere they speak english, and instead of being homeless, having money...
nothing about the cold or the altitude or the provincial culture attitudes bothers me at all, and i'm actually quite charming in person, i have a strong ability to get rapport with people by listening to them and responding to their points
balkans people are pretty insular and stubborn too, they are notorious for it on the Continent, i figure it would be hard to be worse... russians even i get along with but they are more stand-offish, idc if that's what they are like, good, i don't want people creepy crawling into my business either
As far as the people, you couldn't pick a better section of the US to consider than the chunk that's not quite the Midwest nor the PNW, fwiw. It's a leave me alone but also let's not let eachother freeze to death environment. It's pretty special.
yeah, i have 12 movies queued up to get around to watching that are there or related to it... one of them is Close Encounters... haha... already seen that one, read the book... and Butch Cassidy and teh Sundance Kid... idk, gonna be fun but i haven't got much patience for watching movies, i'm probably gonna check out the newest ones for the super HD visuals of the landscape mostly
😂 Fun way to research but don't expect too much cultural accuracy from anything
yeah, fun, if your idea of fun is sitting very still watching some bullshit
no it's not particularly interesting from cultural perspective to me, since after all most of this shit was written in california, right? lol! or maybe i should say Langley directed the writing, in most cases, at least since the 60s...
it's just to see the landscape, really, but i can't be fucked tuning out the story and watching it in the background, either, so, no idea when i'm ackchually gonna watch em lol
possibly never, idc really, the recommendation from you and nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9uqzprf5h5jryfqv2cm3wj3akxgc0za2rsfn4mrnndj2yep9naq5hcetyx556t are more strong recommendations than anything i can imagine might point me to it
hmmm, maybe i will just play them on my little display with sound off no subtitles just to catch the visuals now and then
i have three priorities in my life, aside from household duties:
coding stuff for my job
coding my own stuff
playing games
everything else is like, meh, the only thing i'd like to change is swapping out the last item for keeping my own farm
Yeah, maybe make a plan to visit the area during its worst weather months, if possible... I'm not sure if that area experiences the influx & flee cycles like where I am at, but it's worth exploring any potential farm/ranch areas at peak discomfort 😅
indeed... yes, i am familiar with strong winds and icy cold, and starting to get used to the whole cycle of things, to make hay while the sun shines... so i will probably dedicate the first year to just getting my bearings in a more convenient position and establishing the essentials and exploring and probably be ready for some bleeding cold windy nasty weather... i think there is sometimes tornadoes right, maybe i'll get to have me a wind storm before i even leave the first little town i plop down in