If a guy wanted to retire in Wyoming what towns should he look at?

[Bob-WY]

We should ask you, what do you want in town or near? People, no people, lots people. Traffic, shopping, food...

Especially in WY that can make a huge difference

 

[Drake4]

I’d be looking at Pinedale

 

[Treeshark]

Alpine is a nice town.

 

[BigHornRam]

I dont need to freeze to death either but if I coukd keep it between zero and seventy degrees that'd be alright.

Early September mornings in Yellowstone, can be 20 in the morning, and 80 in the afternoon. You won't make it here.

 

[appaloosa]

Wyoming is the best place to retire. Remember that. mtmuley

Wyoming sucks, tell your friends

 

[Nick87]

Early September mornings in Yellowstone, can be 20 in the morning, and 80 in the afternoon. You won't make it here.

You dont have the humidity. Thats nothing.

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

I’d say it depends. Wyoming retirement taxation is currently very favorable to those who have a lot to shield from taxation and a short time till their check out date. On the other hand, you got Florida or Arizona which tax more, though you’ll almost always have some sun. Retirees have gone to those two states for so long now that entire cities have come up out of a planned retirement community.

Now if you two plan on having considerable assets to shield from taxation, but you could realistically see decades of retirement, there’s the Caribbean. Some of those island countries offer no personal income tax and no wealth tax. They have citizenship through investment programs. Upfront expense, sure, but at least you’re not stuck spending 30 years where it’s cold as tits eight months of the year telling yourselves it was a good idea.

 

[mtmuley]

Wyoming sucks, tell your friends

I will. It sucks here too. mtmuley

 

[WyoCoalMiner]

Lived in Rock Springs for 20+ and Gillette for a few. Liked both but RS is a touch better. Recently moved to Alpine. Will retire in a few. We really like Alpine.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I kind of liked Basin.

 

[Wyomufhunter]

Ranchester/Dayton area just outside Sheridan would be my go to. But the more me and the wife think about it I doubt my southern butt is retiring in Wyoming. I already don't like the cold and doubt I'll grow fond in my old age.

This is where I want to retire. Its absolutely beautiful up there. Feels like a different state than Cheyenne.

 

[TOGIE]

Gotta be near an ER when that hip shatters! And it seems Denver is the nearest place to fix all that stuff ultimately.

 

[BigHornRam]

I’d be looking at Pinedale

Great mountain fishing in the summer, and prime fur in the winter.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

#projectwyoming

 

[sigpros]

We should ask you, what do you want in town or near? People, no people, lots people. Traffic, shopping, food...

Especially in WY that can make a huge difference

I don't need to be around a lot of people. I would like to have enough room to have a 20x30 or 30x40 garage to mess around in. My wife loves to fish and we like the creek river fishing the best. We might get a boat though when we retire. I enjoy Antelope hunting the most for big game. And would like to take a cow elk for the freezer. My wife enjoys turkey hunting and small game hunting. I will say though she really wants to go bear hunting and would like to be able to go prairie dog hunting. I mainly trap raccoons here and just started beaver trapping which is a blast. My son does a little predator trapping and I could get into that if we moved out there.

I drive 35 min now to any kind of main shopping Home Depot WalMart etc. I am about 10 min from our local grocery store and a Dollar General which is where we do a lot of our shopping. Mainly after putting everything into our kids we are wanting to get out and enjoy time together doing outdoor stuff we love. I will be 49 when I can retire from my job but if I stay 35 years I'll be 54 so hopefully I could have at least a decade to do what we want. So this is a 5-8 years away but figured we could come out and do some visits a week at a time.

 

[nrpate05]

I'd be looking at Pinedale.

 

[WapitiBob]

I've spent time in Casper, Rawlins, and Gillette. Gillette has 35,000 people and every store/eatery my town has and we're at 110,000. I'd move there in a NY Minute if the wife would agree.

 

[noharleyyet]

Ten Sleep, isn't that where the game warden who is a chitty shot and keeps wrecking company pickups works?

 

[Ben Lamb]

I've spent time in Casper, Rawlins, and Gillette. Gillette has 35,000 people and every store/eatery my town has and we're at 110,000. I'd move there in a NY Minute if the wife would agree.

This isn't the flex you think it is. It all comes off of the same Sysco truck.

So, Casper. They get the Sysco truck before Gillette.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

I'd be looking at Pinedale.

You’d better like snow and cold if you migrate to that icebox.