Is this taking place in TN too? (low crime, elementary school)

[MrsMtnsOnTheMind]

Just saw this article on MSNBC.

Baby Boomers migrate to Rocky Mountain West

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — John Kerr wasn't dreaming of palm trees and balmy winters when he retired from WGBH, the Boston public TV station known for producing such hits as Antiques Roadshow. His thoughts had gone West. The 69-year-old put on a green uniform and Smokey Bear hat and became a seasonal ranger in Yellowstone National Park, where snow can fall every month of the year, including July. "That's why they have wood stoves and furnaces," Kerr said. "Warm weather isn't the issue for me. It's keeping vital and interested and involved." Demographers say thousands of people like Kerr are heading to the Rocky Mountain West in their later years. Forget the warmth of Florida and Arizona. Baby Boomers, in particular, are gravitating toward the peaks and sagebrush basins of Wyoming and Montana, promising to turn these states from relatively young into two of the nation's oldest.

They're drawn by low crime, fresh air, little traffic and abundant outdoor activities, said Larry Swanson, an economist and director of the Center for the Rocky Mountain West in Missoula, Mont. Laurie Lyman, 55, was an elementary school teacher in San Diego when she began traveling to Yellowstone on long trips to watch wolves. In 2005, she decided it was time to get as close to the wolves as she could. "I said to my husband, 'You know what? Life's too short. I'm going,"' she said, adding that many people like her are snapping up property around Yellowstone.

I wonder if this is also responsible for the influx of people to TN? People seem to be gravitating toward mountainous regions.

[hiknapster]

Hard to see the comparison, other than the mountains. The two areas are so different.

[MrsMtnsOnTheMind]

"Low crime, fresh air, little traffic and abundant outdoor activities"

That doesn't sound like the surrounding counties around the Smokies?

[hiknapster]

Take out the fresh air and little traffic and we might have a bit of a comparison. Maybe. You also have to factor in the weather: where snow can fall every month of the year, including July. If we have an inch during the winter it's a big deal.

Other than the abundant outdoor activities, I just don't see the comparison.

[alleycat]

I think a lot of baby boomers and semi-baby boomers are seeking out something more than the rat race they're been in for most of their working life. Even a dedicated rat racer like my older brother (he owns drugstores in Atlanta) has bought a place in the mountain of north Georgia.

[Bones]

Originally Posted by alleycat

I think a lot of baby boomers and semi-baby boomers are seeking out something more than the rat race they're been in for most of their working life. Even a dedicated rat racer like my older brother (he owns drugstores in Atlanta) has bought a place in the mountain of north Georgia.

It's like getting back to basics............

[TN Tin Man]

Less is more...........

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by Tinman313

Less is more...........

-Mies van der Rohe

(Hey, I was an architecture student.)

[TN Tin Man]

Originally Posted by alleycat

-Mies van der Rohe

(Hey, I was an architecture student.)

and "God is in the details".

[alleycat]

Form follows function!

I need to go find a good cow thread . . .