Going to move...where should we go?

[mezz250x]

Me and a friend of mine are looking at moving out west next summer sometime. Just starting to do some research now as to where we should move to. We are looking at Colorado, Wyoming, or Idaho. There are three factors that will decide where are moving to.

1: How far from good riding are we living?
2: How much is housing/cost of living in the area?
3: What is the Job opportunity?

The main idea with me moving out there is to try something new, and to be close to the mountains. Im sick of driving 15+ hours to get to good riding. So, being close (around an hour), is a key factor in deciding where were gonna live.

Both of us are machinists so it would be nice to be close to a bigger town or at least somewhere that has machine shops. This is all we've ever done for work so we are somewhat limited on job possibilites. But i guess im game to try something new also.

Also we're looking at more than likely renting a house for a while to make sure moving out there is gonna work out. Prefferably would like to be in a rural area not buried in town somewhere, NEED a shop/garage also. Not gonna be wrenching on sleds in the front yard. So an appartment is probably not an option.

Anybody with any advice speak up, your input is appreciated, thank you.

 

[Supplicate]

Nowhere decent to live in wyoming currently.

















Seriously though, since you are machinists look at Casper. HiCo Fab or somewhere similar would probably be willing to give you a job. It is a bit far from "good" riding, but there is riding right there on Casper Mountain. Evanston has a few machine shops that are always looking for people. Spidel Sales & Services would be a good place to call, they need people to work on the oilwell tooling.

Other then that, there is just about anywhere on the Front Range in CO.