International Wyoming Is Rare Earth

[Rob Battisti]

Americans: What Is It.

Ofc, Teddy was responsible for protecting it.







It's good.

Owner License Required? No.
State Permit Required? No.
Firearm Registration? No.
Assault Weapon Law? No.
Mag Capacity Restriction? No.
NFA Weapons Restricted? No.
Castle Doctrine? Yes.



It's fucking savage, and absolutely relentless. The windiest state in the contiguous 48 by far. The winters are so much worse than the Dakotas - an absolute ice box - because of the wind. Most people wouldn't be able to hack a full winter in Wyoming even if they were handed property to live there.

Wasn’t Wyoming where teddy nearly went bankrupt after losing a herd of cattle one winter?

 

[Deorum]

Wasn’t Wyoming where teddy nearly went bankrupt after losing a herd of cattle one winter?

It was NoDak, lol.

 

[Rob Battisti]

Wasn’t Wyoming where teddy nearly went bankrupt after losing a herd of cattle one winter?

Nope. North Dakota

https://www.nps.gov/thro/learn/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-the-rancher.htm

 

[Cole train]

Teddy is still the only us pres whos kid has died in a war, quentin i think was kids name

(D day memorial was few days back so i read teddy juniors adventures in it)

 

[Ron Mexico]

american proximity hatred is very amusing. we have the same shit all over europe of course, but you guys don't have 2000 years of massacres to compound on it, so it's mostly fun. Was in Connecticut once in some city and the locals did not like the small city above them, called them poor country. Both of these two cities were absurdly rich though, but only one of them was directly on the coastline.

When I was younger, if you said you were from Texas or California(I am), you were definitely gonna get some shit
I started telling people, if it wasn’t for a California kid named John Elway, Denver would still have gravel roads and cattle grazing
Those days are long gone
We’re part of the axis of evil now

 

[Fox by the Sea]

I started telling people, if it wasn’t for a California kid named John Elway, Denver would still have gravel roads and cattle grazing

doesn't sound that bad tbh

 

[Deorum]

I've been eyeing Wyoming for retirement for a little while now. Seems like land prices have gone up since I last was looking.

I can retire in 13 years with age, 18 with age and time for my full pension.

Hopefully I get crypto rich well before that.

150+ acres, run a small-ish CSA, with a pole-barn for a strength-training and Jiu-Jitsu gym.

Plan B: move upstate to the hunting cabin I already own on a few acres in PA. No CSA, but there is already a pole-barn that my dad and I insulated and put a wood stove in for the gym.

Make sure you know what you're getting yourself into, Sherbruh.

You're a patriot for the best parts and ideas of America, it's rare to find these days.

Damn, that's a fuckin' compliment. Thank You.

Nope. North Dakota

https://www.nps.gov/thro/learn/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-the-rancher.htm

Teddy was wild for that shit. Independent cattle ranching is an irrevocable part of the culture and heritage of the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Montana, but it's something you're born into because nobody with enough money to buy their way in, is stupid enough to do it. I come from crop farmers on the other side of the state where TR settled, and that's not a walk in the park but the top soil in Red River Valley is some of the richest and most fertile to be found on the planet. Our OPM is way higher than most medium-sized family farms could ever dream of, most years.

 

[Deorum]

doesn't sound that bad tbh

Considering the technological trajectory and absolutely stupid levels of overstimulation in our current world? It's basically heaven on earth.

 

[Rob Battisti]

Teddy was wild for that shit.

That, and so much else lol!

 

[Source]

Weirdly i was reading a book where it said china has 38 percent of rare earth elements, russia has 10 and states have 1 just as this thread came up

I dont know what to believe lol

Apparently Vietnam has the second largest reserves.

Rare-Earth Reserves by Country / Rare-Earth Metals by Country 2024

worldpopulationreview.com

 

[Deorum]

Make sure you know what you're getting yourself into, Sherbruh.

I don't mean this as any kind of threat or warning, @Long Dark Blues. It's just that Wyo's population is what it is for a reason. The climate and sense of desolation (+ lack of amenities) are genuinely extreme relative to anywhere else in the lower 48. If you can handle the former and the latter is what you're after having lived on the east coast your whole life with the stack and credit-worthiness to make it happen, then by all means, shoot your shot and live the fuckin' dream. I often have far-off thoughts of retiring outside of Cody.

Cody is a cant-lose proposition. It has THE best collection of museums covering the frontier and old west -- Buffalo Bill Center is a very worthy Smithsonian affiliate, just pure class. The local restaurants and shops are mostly awesome. There are two ways into Yellowstone from there, and both of them constitute two of the most scenic drives to be found in the country. The only one I like better is AZ-67 through the Kaibab national forest that ends and drops you off at the north rim of the Grand Canyon. It is drastically less crowded and far less commercialized than the south where 90% of annual visitors go. The surrounding scenery is far superior too, IMO.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

I don't mean this as any kind of threat or warning, @Long Dark Blues. It's just that Wyo's population is what it is for a reason. The climate and sense of desolation (+ lack of amenities) are genuinely extreme relative to anywhere else in the lower 48. If you can handle the former and the latter is what you're after having lived on the east coast your whole life with the stack and credit-worthiness to make it happen, then by all means, shoot your shot and live the fuckin' dream. I often have far-off thoughts of retiring outside of Cody.

I knew what you meant, brah. C'mon with that.

I'm actually in the process of getting my pilot's license. So, hopefully, if the desolation does get to me and my girl, we'll be able to jet-set off to somewhere like Cheyenne.

I will admit this, Cheyenne having only 10k more people than my little census-designated place in Bucks county does kind of blow my mind.

 

[Deorum]

I knew what you meant, brah. C'mon with that.

I'm actually in the process of getting my pilot's license. So, hopefully, if the desolation does get to me and my girl, we'll be able to jet-set off to somewhere like Cheyenne.

I will admit this, Cheyenne having only 10k more people than my little census-designated place in Bucks county does kind of blow my mind.

The propaganda to keep people out is strong.

 

[DoctorTaco]

Make sure you know what you're getting yourself into, Sherbruh.



Damn, that's a fuckin' compliment. Thank You.



Teddy was wild for that shit. Independent cattle ranching is an irrevocable part of the culture and heritage of the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Montana, but it's something you're born into because nobody with enough money to buy their way in, is stupid enough to do it. I come from crop farmers on the other side of the state where TR settled, and that's not a walk in the park but the top soil in Red River Valley is some of the richest and most fertile to be found on the planet. Our OPM is way higher than most medium-sized family farms could ever dream of, most years.

Teddy did a ton for us up here in Oregon too. Thousands and thousands of acres of land federally protected. Plus there are elk named after him, I forget why.

 

[Rob Battisti]

Teddy did a ton for us up here in Oregon too. Thousands and thousands of acres of land federally protected. Plus there are elk named after him, I forget why.

Why not is probably the answer

 

[Rod1]

I don't mean this as any kind of threat or warning, @Long Dark Blues. It's just that Wyo's population is what it is for a reason. The climate and sense of desolation (+ lack of amenities) are genuinely extreme relative to anywhere else in the lower 48. If you can handle the former and the latter is what you're after having lived on the east coast your whole life with the stack and credit-worthiness to make it happen, then by all means, shoot your shot and live the fuckin' dream. I often have far-off thoughts of retiring outside of Cody.

Suicide rate in Wyoming is insane for a reason, in a per capita basis there are more suicides per capita in Wyoming that there are murders in Mexico.

Seems like a good place to visit but not really to live in.

 

[DoctorTaco]

I don't mean this as any kind of threat or warning, @Long Dark Blues. It's just that Wyo's population is what it is for a reason. The climate and sense of desolation (+ lack of amenities) are genuinely extreme relative to anywhere else in the lower 48. If you can handle the former and the latter is what you're after having lived on the east coast your whole life with the stack and credit-worthiness to make it happen, then by all means, shoot your shot and live the fuckin' dream. I often have far-off thoughts of retiring outside of Cody.

The left fantasizes about going off the grid and staring a commune with their friends and living off the land. The right fantasize about being cow folk on a working ranch somewhere desolate and away from people.

Neither side realizes how much hard work either dream actually is in reality

 

[Deorum]

Teddy did a ton for us up here in Oregon too. Thousands and thousands of acres of land federally protected. Plus there are elk named after him, I forget why.

Why not is probably the answer

Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation - Theodore Roosevelt National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

The conservation legacy of Theodore Roosevelt is found in the 230 million acres of public lands he helped establish during his presidency. Much of that land - 150 millions acres - was set aside as national forests. Roosevelt created the present-day USFS in 1905, an organization within the Department of Agriculture. The idea was to conserve forests for continued use. An adamant proponent of utilizing the country's resources, Roosevelt wanted to insure the sustainability of those resources.

Roosevelt was also the first president to create a Federal Bird Reserve, and he would establish 51 of these during his administration. These reserves would later become today's national wildlife refuges, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Today there is a national wildlife refuge in every state, and North Dakota boasts the most refuges of any state in the country.

During Roosevelt's administration, the National Park System grew substantially. When the National Park Service was created in 1916 - seven years after Roosevelt left office - there were 35 sites to be managed by the new organization. Roosevelt helped create 23 of those.

National parks are created by an act of Congress. Before 1916, they were managed by the Secretary of the Interior. Roosevelt worked with his legislative branch to establish these sites:

• • Crater Lake National Park (OR) - 1902
  • Wind Cave National Park (SD) - 1903
  • Sullys Hill (ND) - 1904 (now managed by USFWS)
  • Platt National Park (OK) - 1906 (now part of Chickasaw National Recreation Area)
  • Mesa Verde National Park (CO) - 1906
  • Added land to Yosemite National Park (CA)

Roosevelt signed the Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities - also known as the Antiquities Act or the National Monuments Act - on June 8, 1906. The law gave the president discretion to "declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic and scientific interest... to be National Monuments."

Since he did not need congressional approval, Roosevelt could establish national monuments much easier than national parks. He dedicated these sites as national monuments:

• • Devil's Tower (WY) - 1906
  • El Morro (NM) - 1906
  • Montezuma Castle (AZ) - 1906
  • Petrified Forest (AZ) - 1906 (now a national park)
  • Chaco Canyon (NM) - 1907
  • Lassen Peak (CA) - 1907 (now Lassen Volcanic National Park)
  • Cinder Cone (CA) - 1907 (now part of Lassen Volcanic National Park)
  • Gila Cliff Dwellings (NM) - 1907
  • Tonto (AZ) - 1907
  • Muir Woods (CA) - 1908
  • Grand Canyon (AZ) - 1908 (now a national park)
  • Pinnacles (CA) - 1908 (now a national park)
  • Jewel Cave (SD) - 1908
  • Natural Bridges (UT) - 1908
  • Lewis & Clark Caverns (MT) - 1908 (now a Montana State Park)
  • Tumacacori (AZ) - 1908
  • Wheeler (CO) - 1908 (now Wheeler Geologic Area, part of Rio Grande National Forest)
  • Mount Olympus (WA) - 1909 (now Olympic National Park)

Theodore Roosevelt was the first president of the 1900s, a time of great expansion and development. His devotion to conserving our natural and cultural history helped establish a precedent at an important time in our nation's history. When many still considered our resources inexhaustible, Roosevelt saw them as something to protect and cherish. He provided a counter-balance to those who sought to exploit the natural world for personal gain.

 

[Spounman]

Looks beautiful but I've only been to Cheyenne, and then we headed West to Utah. What I remember most about Cheyenne is we ate at a diner and then we were at a truck stop fueling up. I stayed in the car and this guy kept talking to my ex while she was walking the dogs. He kept wanting her to go see his RV setup. Which I figured he wanted to kidnap her

 

[Deorum]

Seems like a good place to visit but not really to live in.

The REE discovery is on the other side of the state in the high prairie.