Laramie is in Wyoming. Which is north of Colorado. East of Utah and Idaho. South of Montana. And west of South Dakota. To say its in the middle of nowhere would be something of a lie because in my mind it's in the middle of everywhere. What more could a mountain woman ask for than easy access to mountains, ski slopes, yellowstone, jackson hole, the badlands, the rockies, boulder. I mean really-it's the center of the mountain world!
So you get the geographic idea. The city itself is flat and relatively small, although big by wyoming standards. Of the 30,000 city resdients, just about half of them are students at the university. The town originally sprung up with the Union Pacific railroad camps and to this day remains an important part of product movement through the mountain interior.
Annual Precipitation is only 10 inches. Coupled with a January average of 21 and a July average of 64 I think I'll be quite comforatable-at least in the summer! Of course I'll also be pleased by the snowy range 30 miles to the west and the laramie range 7 miles to the east. Add a little rocky mountain national park for a weekend trip and I'll be in heaven...but my car will not be!
Other than that it seems like quite a simple and pleasant place. The people are quite connected to the land as most are ranchers and understand the importance of natural resources very well. They're also extraordinarily friendly and unlike Towson, when I call the university a live human being answers the phone! For now it's on to find a place to live. Luckily I will enjoy rent that's less than $400 a month and a location where I can ALWAYS walk to class or work.
Over and Out.
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