Why Our Plans Include Leaving Wyoming

     I’ve lived my entire life within a 100‑mile radius. Northwest Wyoming has been my whole world — the mountains, the small towns, the familiar faces, the same roads I’ve driven since I was old enough to sit in the passenger seat. With the exception of travel, this corner of the state has shaped almost everything about me.
And I do love Wyoming.
But loving a place doesn’t mean you’re meant to stay there forever.


    Outgrowing the Space We Have

Our current home is… fine. But it’s small. Too small for two dogs, too small for gardening, too small for the kind of life we’re trying to build. We own it, but we share walls with neighbors and don’t even have guaranteed parking. Property prices here are high, and the cost of living keeps climbing. Every month feels like we’re paying more for less.

We want room to breathe — literally and financially.

    Wanting a Different Kind of Life

We’ve reached a point where we want land, space, and the ability to build something of our own. A garden. A workshop. A place where the dogs can run without worrying about fences or neighbors three feet away. A place where we can grow into the next version of ourselves.

Wyoming makes that hard.
Not impossible — just hard in ways that don’t line up with our goals anymore.

     Weather That Controls Your Life

People joke that if you don’t like the weather here, wait ten minutes. It’s funny until you’re trying to plan your life around it. Winters are long and brutal. Summers are short and windy. Spring and fall barely exist. Trying to get anything done outside becomes a gamble.

We want a climate where planning a project doesn’t feel like rolling dice.

     The Weight of a Small Population

When you live in a place with so few people for so long, it can feel like you’re not allowed to change. Everyone knows you. Everyone remembers you. Everyone has an opinion about who you were ten years ago, even if you’re not that person anymore.

It’s hard to reinvent yourself when the whole town thinks they already know your story.

     Ready for Something New

I’ve wanted to leave Wyoming since I was about ten years old. Not because I hated it — but because I always felt like there was more out there for me. More space, more opportunity, more freedom to grow into who I’m becoming.

Now, for the first time, our plans actually line up with that feeling.
We’re not running away from Wyoming.
We’re moving toward a life that fits us better.

A life with land.
A life with space.
A life where we can build something from the ground up.

Wyoming will always be part of our story — just not the whole story.



 

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