Living large on incredible ranches of the west

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[ScarletHayes]

If I had the means I'd live out there as opposed to a ***** hole like NY.  Work mostly from home and avoid feeding DeBlasio's commie utopia any local sales tax.  I'm assuming you'd still have to pay the state tax, but maybe there's a work around there too.  I mean, if you can manage a hedge-fund I'd think you'd have enough knowledge at a work-around of some sort.

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If I had the means I'd live out there as opposed to a ***** hole like NY.  Work mostly from home and avoid feeding DeBlasio's commie utopia any local sales tax.  I'm assuming you'd still have to pay the state tax, but maybe there's a work around there too.  I mean, if you can manage a hedge-fund I'd think you'd have enough knowledge at a work-around of some sort.

I could not live there.  I've traveled the nation.  Highways, backroads, East, west, North, South, big and little cities you name it I've been there.   Montana is so remote I just can't take it.  I stayed there few years ago and next morning was getting up to drive out to where Custer was killed at Little Big Horn.  Checked by gas tank and it looked low, 1/4 tank and told my wife I'll get gas in a bit and hit the back road.   Few hours later and watching for a station the little light we all hate to tell us we need gas came on.  I'm out in NO WHERE...my butt hole tightened.   Kinda felt the same when I was going through a barrio in LA one time to the airport to fly back and I'm with my wife and said if this cars stops we're dead.  ANYWAY....kept going and kept getting more queasy....AND out of nowhere I spot a desolate turn off to the left...crap hole but looked like a station.  I pulled in and it was UNMANNED....ONE PUMP...only took a credit card.  It was as if God blessed me that minute and I filled up and got the hell out of that WEIRD gas station in a remote area of Montana.  I was staying the night in Sheridan, Wy when I left to drive there.

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[ScarletHayes]

Once you got down the lay of the land you would probably love it there.  I'm not saying you have to live there 24/7/365, but it would definitely be preferable to NYC living.  For me it would.  I love open space.  Paying through the nose to live like a sardine does not appeal to me at all.

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Once you got down the lay of the land you would probably love it there.  I'm not saying you have to live there 24/7/365, but it would definitely be preferable to NYC living.  For me it would.  I love open space.  Paying through the nose to live like a sardine does not appeal to me at all.

Absolutely.

[TakeThePoints]

Once you got down the lay of the land you would probably love it there.  I'm not saying you have to live there 24/7/365, but it would definitely be preferable to NYC living.  For me it would.  I love open space.  Paying through the nose to live like a sardine does not appeal to me at all.

I bought a small ranch in Colorado, San Juan National Forest, about 25 years ago.  You have to take a non maintained road 9 miles off the forest service road to get to it.  Switchbacks, ravines and ruts galore.  I have to hire a Dozer every few years to keep it passable.  You never see a soul there except for deer/elk hunting season. 

Well 2 1/2 years ago the forest service decided to close that road to the public.  Happy days.  Now it is like I have a 50,000 acre ranch all to myself.  Deer and elk are already showing up in larger numbers due to not having an ATV or truck drive by every 30 minutes during hunting season.  I love the solitude.  Elk, deer, turkey, bears (lots of BIG bears), lynx and bobcats, golden eagles roost on the rimrock above my cabin.

Being off the grid is the only pain in the ass.  Going up next week to fix the solar.  Again.

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Once you got down the lay of the land you would probably love it there.  I'm not saying you have to live there 24/7/365, but it would definitely be preferable to NYC living.  For me it would.  I love open space.  Paying through the nose to live like a sardine does not appeal to me at all.

I bought a small ranch in Colorado, San Juan National Forest, about 25 years ago.  You have to take a non maintained road 9 miles off the forest service road to get to it.  Switchbacks, ravines and ruts galore.  I have to hire a Dozer every few years to keep it passable.  You never see a soul there except for deer/elk hunting season. 

Well 2 1/2 years ago the forest service decided to close that road to the public.  Happy days.  Now it is like I have a 50,000 acre ranch all to myself.  Deer and elk are already showing up in larger numbers due to not having an ATV or truck drive by every 30 minutes during hunting season.  I love the solitude.  Elk, deer, turkey, bears (lots of BIG bears), lynx and bobcats, golden eagles roost on the rimrock above my cabin.

Being off the grid is the only pain in the ass.  Going up next week to fix the solar.  Again.

You know I'm off summers.....I like to see bears, fish, kill big game.

[TakeThePoints]

Once you got down the lay of the land you would probably love it there.  I'm not saying you have to live there 24/7/365, but it would definitely be preferable to NYC living.  For me it would.  I love open space.  Paying through the nose to live like a sardine does not appeal to me at all.

I bought a small ranch in Colorado, San Juan National Forest, about 25 years ago.  You have to take a non maintained road 9 miles off the forest service road to get to it.  Switchbacks, ravines and ruts galore.  I have to hire a Dozer every few years to keep it passable.  You never see a soul there except for deer/elk hunting season. 

Well 2 1/2 years ago the forest service decided to close that road to the public.  Happy days.  Now it is like I have a 50,000 acre ranch all to myself.  Deer and elk are already showing up in larger numbers due to not having an ATV or truck drive by every 30 minutes during hunting season.  I love the solitude.  Elk, deer, turkey, bears (lots of BIG bears), lynx and bobcats, golden eagles roost on the rimrock above my cabin.

Being off the grid is the only pain in the ass.  Going up next week to fix the solar.  Again.

You know I'm off summers.....I like to see bears, fish, kill big game.

No hunting in the summer.  Bear season starts first of Sept.  I have a large bear that uses the front porch posts for scratching.  Has been doing it for 3 Springs now.  If I was smart enough to be able to post pics from my phone I could show you Hulk.  The biggest black bear I have ever seen.  (actually, I may have shown him to you in Glendale).

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Once you got down the lay of the land you would probably love it there.  I'm not saying you have to live there 24/7/365, but it would definitely be preferable to NYC living.  For me it would.  I love open space.  Paying through the nose to live like a sardine does not appeal to me at all.

I bought a small ranch in Colorado, San Juan National Forest, about 25 years ago.  You have to take a non maintained road 9 miles off the forest service road to get to it.  Switchbacks, ravines and ruts galore.  I have to hire a Dozer every few years to keep it passable.  You never see a soul there except for deer/elk hunting season. 

Well 2 1/2 years ago the forest service decided to close that road to the public.  Happy days.  Now it is like I have a 50,000 acre ranch all to myself.  Deer and elk are already showing up in larger numbers due to not having an ATV or truck drive by every 30 minutes during hunting season.  I love the solitude.  Elk, deer, turkey, bears (lots of BIG bears), lynx and bobcats, golden eagles roost on the rimrock above my cabin.

Being off the grid is the only pain in the ass.  Going up next week to fix the solar.  Again.

You know I'm off summers.....I like to see bears, fish, kill big game.

No hunting in the summer.  Bear season starts first of Sept.  I have a large bear that uses the front porch posts for scratching.  Has been doing it for 3 Springs now.  If I was smart enough to be able to post pics from my phone I could show you Hulk.  The biggest black bear I have ever seen.  (actually, I may have shown him to you in Glendale).

Yes, you did.  Really cool stuff.