I'm not sure what Jack was looking for, or if THAT MUCH has changed in 5 years, but my husband and I visited Dubois, Wyoming, over the July 4th holiday and fell in love with the place. We had planned to go on to Lake Tahoe for 6 weeks, but after 2 weeks of crowds and traffic we came back to Dubois and bought a home site. People are friendly here. They smile and wave when they drive by, even if they don't know you, and chat you up in shops and restaurants. Before coming here we lived for 15 years in Lorton, Virginia, in a huge house on a half-acre lot. In all those years we got to know one set of neighbors well enough to chat over the fence. No one else. Yet in 4 weeks in Dubois we've come to know at least a dozen people and they know us, and that's not counting the conversations with vacationers passing through. Yes, there's a turnover in businesses and in a small town it's more noticeable, but I have a sense that the town is being discovered, especially this year. No, I haven't seen a health food store or a Sushi palace, but it has a really nice high-end steakhouse (The Lone Buffalo), a couple of great local cafes for the usual comfort food, several burger restaurants and a Mexican takeout. The local hardware store is becoming an ACE Hardware (my favorite), Twin Pines Lodge is beautiful and historic, and the little supermarket has pretty much everything you need. Most people have dogs (some have the run of the town shops) so they are obviously welcome. As for church squabbling, only about a third of the town is religious so I don't see that being an obstacle to fitting in. If you want more, Lander is 75 or so miles east and Jackson is 85 or so miles west. Dubois fits perfectly in the middle.
Candace |
Laughlin, NV |
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