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Don't forget Idaho
You know, I overnighted in Idaho twice a couple of years ago, when driving across the country. Both times I stopped in a Lolo National Forest and camped, saw no one, spoke to no one.
I'm thinking that was probably the best case scenario. I'm quite certain I didn't even stop for fuel within Idaho's borders.
I live in Jackson, Wyoming. We and Idaho have twin Teton Counties which are affectionately referred to as "Wydaho". It is, with no hyperbole, the greatest place I have ever lived in. The problem is always the psychotic state government. The locals are actually VERY nice, especially on the less crowded Idaho side.
EDIT: The parts of Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee I have seen are also very beautiful.
The states themselves are beautiful, they’re just run by the trashiest people in the US
We had to drive from Oregon to Montana a few times during the pandemic years and made sure not to stop for gas in Idaho.
And Missouri.
one of the tech sites yesterday had a short blurb about states paying to get workers and remote workers to relocate – seems to be a pretty strong overlap between implementing conspiracy theory laws and trying to stop the “““right””” kind of people from leaving …