Pick a state

My wife and I are discussing possibility uprooting and starting over in a new state. But we can’t decide on where we wanna go. Must be a pretty free state, as in no New York’s, California’s, Illinois etc.

State needs to have car hobby friendliness and even more friendliness towards things that go boom when a trigger is pressed.
Job market needs to be fairly stable or growing, cost of living can’t be stupid high or have stupid taxes.

I’d love to move to the Dakotas or Montana, but with the snow, I doubt I could convince her. Tennessee is nice but way too many people. same with the Carolinas and anything south and East. Texas is too damn hot, Arkansas wouldn’t be bad. So the heartland is where I think we’d like to stay.

Missouri? Kansas? Kentucky?


Thoughts?

Ohio is pretty relaxed as far as car laws. We have no inspections whatsoever. Boom boom laws are pretty easygoing too. New Mexico has the most relaxed gun laws that I know of. Cost of living is reasonable. For example, the house I bought would be double in Pennsylvania.

Also, Ohio has all four seasons almost equally. Often times all four in the same day lol

We lack the beautiful scenery of the West, but we have access to the Appalachian mountains without much of a drive. Especially Southeast Ohio, bordering PA and WV.