...and the liberals aren't welcome to stay.
I live in Colorado. I ain't that bright, I ain't that pretty to look at, and I don't see real well, but I can do basic arithmetic. It seems to me that it won't be that long before the state is ruined by the coastal population influx. I already feel crowded out. I have to do another dime (10 years) in my current career due to benefits carrots and needing to get kids through college, but by the time I get there I want to have plan B lined up for a location in case the liberal hordes have completely taken over.
I am hoping for suggestions on where to go look. I am wanting a few places to investigate in a state that won't turn into a liberal "paradise." Wide open spaces, some trees, ample water. I would love to find such a place in the mountain West, as I love it here (transplanted New Yorker, would you believe). Colder weather rather than hotter. My better half would prefer to be within striking distance of a small city or such, since she is unlikely to put up with spending life in the wide open.
My thoughts on different places thus far:
Montana: seems promising on many levels. Attracting too many coastal migrants?
Idaho: see Montana
Wyoming: danged windy. Parts of the state are turning into the northern part of Colorado
South Dakota: Liked the black hills. Know very little about the rest of the state.
Kansas: too flat and too treeless
Nebraska: Promising on many levels, but Omaha/Lincoln are growing fast and the western part of the state is a bit too, umm, desolate.
Anywhere else I should consider? Any specific areas of the above states I should explore? I have time to look and wait for the right property to show up, even as a hunting camp/escape from urban nonsense location. I am biased toward Montana and South Dakota simply because I am a beekeeper and those states have the two highest per hive honey yields, but am open to suggestions.