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[–] sensibilidades@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wyoming would be the easiest to change, frankly, and even one red state flipping to purple (or even blue) would change the Senate landscape incredibly. It's nice here; almost all small towns, and even in some of the larger ones it's easy to walk to work instead of driving.

[–] Confused_Idol@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And how nice is it if you are the “wrong” kind of person?

[–] Books@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel that Wyoming gets a bad rap, it's not that bad of a state. Some areas, just like all states, are pretty shit.. but I love Wyoming. I would move there in a heartbeat if I could.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Montana, too. I passed through Montana on a road trip, and spent a bit of time in Billings. The area is beautiful and there just happened to be a very nice art walk through their little downtown area at the time. I told my friend who was with me that, if I ever mysteriously disappear, she should look for me in Montana.

[–] sensibilidades@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not going to lie, it's a red state, and has red state problems. I do know a number of gay and trans people here; I'm sure at least some of them want to get out. The thing that makes WY a bit different from OK and TX is that, by and large, people do want to leave others alone by default. This conservative scare shit does work, of course, so it's a problem. But it's always going to stay that way if the demographics don't change.

[–] Books@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, for sure. It's only 120k that separated Trump/Biden in 2020 in Wyo. NYC alone lost almost 500,000 people to pandemic migration.

Montana was only 99k difference between trump/biden.. and we know that a metric SHIT pile of people moved to Montana in 20-23. (Looking at you Bozeangeles)