It would just make it harder to steal all of the oil, gas, water, and minerals from under them.

That's all they want the West for.

complaining of population loss for decades now. We have lots of open spaces. Of course you have to be a Trump supporting asshole.

I wish I could move there.

There are rural areas in Illinois that are underpopulated. Towns have died here as industry has died. I think many towns could be revitalized with new people and new ideas.

The Southwest may not be full, but it's very, very dry.

Been a long old time, but my gradpa's sister lived in Carlsbad fpr many years and we drove from Missouri to visit her several times. On one trip, we went from Carlsbad to Santa Fe to visit another relative. NM is a beautiful state.

I spent a summer in Albuquerque and drove around NM a fair bit. It reminded me of the year I spent in the Alaskan bush. Not in terms of temperature obviously, but in terms of both the feeling of remoteness and isolation and in terms of the independence and self sufficiency of the people who did live there. They were both so removed from my urban experiences growing up.

You can make your own guess of what he's full of. I know what mine is he's full of.

n/t

Of brown people.