Finding a state to move to?

Pick a state with no personal income taxes; there are 9 of them.
Wikipedia on Googe has a map of the 9 states. Wyoming is one of them; the one your wife likes. I chose Nevada recently for my new home. Texas is also good for trucking jobs.

Redfin website is excellent to chose a zip code or area for renting or buying a home. You can look at school ratings matched with neighborhoods. Each house/apt/condo is matched with a school. We spent hours on Redfin to put the best match together for our situation with 2 young children.

City-data website is good to use in conjunction with Redfin.
My grown daughter also has researched WY; that's her goal, Western WY. She likes those small towns around Little America in Western WY.

 

East texas, east texas, east texas. Did anyone mention east texas?

 

You may also want to look into Newark NJ.Very nice place to raise a family..

 

Wyoming is a great place half of the year, Cheyenne is an excellent town for families. The wind is horrible for 6 months or so out of the year... winter can be a tough one. Sometimes the whole state or majority is shutdown because of the roads with winter storms.. Gillette is the second largest city in Wyo, lots of energy jobs. I would go with East Texas...

 

Lol.. you'll regret not having houston on your top 3 choices.

 

Thank you for your service to our Country. Texas is a happening place right now.

 

I'd say eastern-ish Texas or Eastern Temnesse (I-81) area

both no state income tax , Florida too but way northern if you want to OTR

south of Orlando & it's hard to get loads in & out!