I used yo live in Wy and still have family there and love it. I lived in southwest Wyoming and decided that I am not tough enough to live there. If you enjoy wide open spaces, long drives and winter sports, and are not bothered by wind and cold it is a wonderful place to live. Winter driving is a different challenge than the south. Snow plows and snow melting chemicals are ineffective because the wind blows the snow back across the road behind the plow and it stays to cold for chemicals to melt the snow. I still love the summers there.