Reviews & Comments
Evanston, WY
You're not from here? Then you're not welcome. -
5/16/2020I moved here in 2016. That was probably a mistake, which I hope to fix very soon.
Positives: quiet place, no traffic issues, WY has no income tax. There are two really nice things about Evanston: the Bear River State Park is small but really nice for walks or picnics; and the Evanston Recreation Center, which has pretty much all the facilities you could ask for, including two really nice swimming pools. The staff there are all very nice.
Negatives: people here are not friendly. I've tried really hard to get involved in the community, offering to volunteer at a dozen or so local charities and places that said they needed volunteers, but then got the question, "you're not from here, are you?" and suddenly they no longer needed volunteers. I've met a grand total of 3 people in town that have bothered to learn my name and treat me like a neighbor (and all of them were met in a commercial environment.) As someone else said in another review, a few families pretty much run the town and they all belong to the Mormon Church, so if you've got the wrong last name and belong to the wrong church, you're out of luck here. Evanston is a very clannish, closed community.
Another thing to consider is the wind. And when I say wind, I would say it is very windy here about 75% of the time. Summer is also very short here, with long, cold, snowy winters. If you don't mind the weather, and you're not sociable at all, you might like it here.