No, too close to the future border.
Tenneessee
Missouri / Kansas
Arkansas
Montana
Ohio would definitely not be on that list. It has I-70 and too many cities. Its a potential **** sandwich situation. KY has way too much meth and exposure along its entire length.
I would like to think Texas, since I live here. But being a coastal state and with all its major cities plus the Pantex nuclear weapons plant, I fear we're a big target for bombing in the event of nuclear war.
I made my choice for top state for prepping for survival just over 50 years ago.
But it is not a place for sissy crybaby special snowflakes.
Thank God for that gift.
When I finished my comparison in 2006, I had Idaho as one of three areas west of the Mississippi, worth moving to.
My list was, North Idaho and Western Montana. The Colorado Plateau. The Ozark and Ouachita Mtns.
My wife and I bought our place in Eastern Oklahoma that summer.
I am not real fond of the term "prepper" myself, I suppose I fit that definition but to me and most of the people that I know it is just "life" not "prepping"...
Far more people in Idaho per capita probably fit that definition than anywhere else I have ever been. But I don't think most would classify themselves as preppers, down to earth, old fashioned maybe. To many of us that is just "normal" life and always has been. I had never even heard the term prepper until I joined this site. My adoptive family have given me a hard time for being a "survivalist" for many years which also seemed odd to me as I do not consider myself a survivalist either, I have just always believed in being prepared and living as I was raised to live.
To me this is just normal life and doesn't rate any kind of moniker as it is just the "normal" way to be for most of us. All these monikers used to describe this lifestyle have always seemed odd to me.
But as per your definition, Idaho is a great place to be in a survival scenario... In my opinion...
P.S... As for Mormons, up here in my area in north central Idaho over 70 percent of the population in my town has no religious affiliation at all. I would be more worried about the Mennonites up from Waco trying to take over than I would be the Mormons, up here anyways.
I know lots of people that have moved there from CA over the last 20-30 years, two of our sons and their families after the fire. The only complaint that I have heard was that the State was more liberal than they thought it would be.
Mainly cause of all the liberals that have fled their liberal utopia in the last 20-30 years. Now they are going to do it all over in places like TX, ID, CO, etc. etc.
Those states will be blue sooner rather than later with the left coast refugees moving there in droves, and those states themselves not having a large enough native population to not be almost immediately overran.
That is quite possible. Our oldest son and his family bought a beautiful house in a beautiful subdivision but they are selling it (they have an offer above what they listed it for). They didn't like all the rules of the HOA and are going to buy rural acreage and build in a more rural area like our middle son did.
If you do not have a job you can pursue regardless of location, if you are not independently wealthy, rethink. Idaho is not a prosperous state for new arrivals.
I spent 6 months just north of Minot, North Dakota. Stayed near Williston oil fields from Oct- April. It was exceedingly cold, desolate and barren for a Kentucky boy. The first snow came in late October and the ground remained frozen and snow covered until first week of April. Very windy conditions. North Dakota has an understandably small population. The locals are hardy folk. I was treated with kindness and welcome at every turn. For those who seek to leverage a harsh climate to their prepper advantage, North Dakota makes the list.
I sit in the center of one of the most prepper concentrations on the planet . A location I will not give . As we are seeing a very large migration of people coming to this area as Democrats destroy the U.S. Even though my small group "about 10 " are extremely prepped I have two scouts out today looking in for off states for a secondary fall back position in case of a Chinese troop invasion . The Bidens have already been paid by China to deliver the U.S. to them . He will not likely be able to win the 2020 election but through election fraud may be able to steal it . As a prepper I look at all scenarios .
The fat lady hasn't been singing in Texas yet. The libs might be invading our cities and burbs, but their are plenty of Texans in the country and rural that can and will save our state before it goes down the toilet. And we don't normally show mercy once we have a chore to tend to.
TX is just like every other state where the urban population is growing as the rural shrinks. Eventually it will flip just like CA, where the coastal cities control the politics of the state.
In fact had Hillary won, TX would be blue as we speak. With her amnesty, increased refugee settlement and open borders policies.
Too many Texans cling to the "it's just down in Austin" mantra while ignoring that ALL their cities are blue now.
Nah...I'd pass on Idaho, Boise has become a mini Los Angeles (without the nice weather) and the winter inversions are so bad that breathing the air outside will make you ill. Alaska is where it's at.
Yep the area between Boise and Nampa (that used to be open terrain and small towns) has filled in to become just like SoCal. An unbroken mass of crowded together housing tracts and strip malls.
Twin Falls is also importing "refugees" and had the incident of the molestation of a 5yo special needs girl by some of those refugee's children. It wasn't adults but the children of those scum who committed the act. So you don't have to guess about what those refugees teach their children is ok.
We drove through Northern Idaho a couple of times during cross country moves (military) and thought it would be a great place to buy some property for a future retirement home.
The more I researched it, the more it became clear it is not an ideal place for a mixed race couple with kids. Especially if the SHTF.
Texas is huge, i lived in el paso and was closer to san diego than houston. So all the way through new mexico, arizona and California was less than the drive to houston.
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