I saw a study some time ago that selected the five most free states in the nation. The top five were

Wyoming
Oklahoma
New Hampshire (live free or die!)
Indiana
and I forget the fifth.

Speaking for Indiana, it's a pretty free state and you are pretty much left alone to do your thing without government intervention. Taxes are usually fairly low. However, there's not much in the central part of the state except corn and beans, beans and corn. No rivers, lakes, forest, etc. The farm fields are looking beautiful this time of year. But there's not much for natural beauty. There's some lakes in the north part of the state, and some hills and forest in the south. That's about it.

Loved living in the blue ridge mtns of Virginia and the valley.

There is no place like Nebraska

I was going to say MS, but this recent flag issue has me hesitant to. Up until right now, I loved everything about this state.

We are a red state, anti-abortion, great trapping laws, great gun laws, great people. Very religious state.... we just yesterday made it legal to drink alcohol in all counties, lol. Dumb laws like seatbelt laws are not enforced, and you can't be pulled over for just not having a seatbelt on. We have one of the best Castle Doctrines in the country. Very little bureaucratic bs like building permits or zoning laws, you can still put a mobile home on private land no matter how old it is. Cost of living is low, taxes are reasonable, once you turn 65 you pay no property taxes on the first 100k. Since I moved here I have had zero complaints about this state, which was a huge relief and blessing having spent my entire life in NY and IL, respectively, up until moving here.

But this week, our Republican leadership... (both the senate and house are red and this bill required a 2/3 majority to pass) voted to override the will of the people who had voted to keep our current state flag in 2001, and took down our flag without a vote of the people. The whole thing has me sick to my stomach, as it goes completely against everything I loved so much about this state.

Mostly where you live in a state, well most states. Alabama one county Battle Flags next county over American flags next county over half the streets and ever other school is MLK,

Depends on your age. Retirement location is way different than where the high paying jobs are Plan for your retirement and when you get there, look around for what you are willing to pay for.

It definitely ain't Arkansas. I would not recommend anyone retiring here if you were raised north of the Mason-Dixon line or west of Texas.

SHHHUUSS!

Don’t be fibbing to these nice folks!

Wyoming is not free!!
The state parks cost $5 a car load!!
Not that I’d go to one, less of course it has a lake with two foot long trout an walleyes long as your arm.
And it is true that THE HOLE has a lot of artsy fartsy rich people. We kinda like to keep em rounded up so we can keep an eye on em.
Trapping? Nope none of that, no fisher, no otter, no possum and darn few marsh rats an coon.
And if ya want to use a little larger foothold like a 650 or a CDR on land well then you might catch a lion, then would just have to let it go. And check laws,? They’re horrible, foot holds? Why you gotta check them suckers onst every 72 hours or three days whichever comes first!! Even if it’s snowing!! Snares are a little better they gotta be anchored to something solid so no tying to a fence. Loops gotta be no more than a foot across an ya gotta have a 295 BAD Oh an ya gotta check them one day a week. So set on Monday check Sunday of next week. See told you they was a little better. Body grippers the same sep ya can’t set the ten inchers on land.
Can’t use no piece or parts of no game animal, game bird, or game fish for bait cause, you know.... they’re game.
An gun laws well let me tell you! We got a whole half page! Like you can’t just shoot someone. They have to be scary, you know like really bad scary. Course if they walk into your home with out a invite that’ll do it.
An the hunting is awful poor. Colorado has all the elk, Montana and Idaho has all the moose an sheep.
All we got is a few buffalo and speed goats.


So basically Wyoming SUX !
The wind blows non stop, some places nearly a hunnert miles an hour when it gets goin.
It snows knee deep to a yearling GEERAFF!!
It gets cold, I mean bad cold fifty below or more. Remember them hunnert mile an hour winds?

So tell everyone you know Wyoming SUX An it’s liable to get scary, ya know really bad scary specially with everyone owning a gun and what not an all that RONA VIRUS floating around!!!!

Kansas is pretty good. We need to get rid of our govenor though.

Hawaii

What about East of the Mason-Dixon Line?

Wyoming is horrible tell yer friends

North Dakota isn't any better...

Especially for elk, mule deer and antelope. Just stop putting in to draw a tag. They are all gone.

Keep as far away from Kansas as you can!

That’s the place with absolutely no whitetail deer right?

Yep, stay away! No fur here either.

I heard that too. Just corn and roads

I'm going to cast a vote for Montana. I applied for a concealed carry permit. I filled out an application, the clerk walked it into a back office, came out a couple of minutes later and said, "Ok, I'm going to take your picture now." She took the picture and said, "It will come in about a week in the mail." I'll be darned if it didn't.

I moved here from Massachusetts about 30 years ago to escape political persecution. It's the best thing I ever did. We don't have but a couple of elected Democrats in our county. A lot of freedom here I did not have in Massachusetts. There is still a lot of unzoned property up here and no building permits required in my county.