Lived there for 10 years and have many friends that have lived there for their lives (lucky b@stards!). Seen monster Whitetails taken out of Thompson River valley... however whitetail in general are by-catch in my opinion. I'd much rather hunt elk than deer any day of the week.

The problem with jobs in that state and many other western states is everyone else stuck in the midwest is thinking the same thing, I'd sure like to move there.. then they settle for working at Home Depot or some other $10/hr job. There are a ton of both "haves" and "have nots" (rich or poor) and not a lot in between.Most people with money and big houses make it somewhere else and move there to build their mcmansion on 10 acres.. whereas the natives are mostly scraping by working at the sawmill or Walmart.