Vedauwoo is nice, and Laramie is a laid-back college town. I also like the more remote parts of NE WY, like Thunder Basin National Grassland. I have friends who are homesteading near Wheatland.
They purchased more than 50 acres of ranchland. It is a subdivided piece of a huge ranch that has never been developed. They had to "homestead" it in the sense of building everything themselves. The deed says it's 50 acres, but the prepared survey measured something approximating 55. They told me how much they spent on the property itself; I can't quite remember the number but I was surprised by how affordable it is. Of course, there isn't much in the way of services there but they do have satellite internet access and have built a house on the property, have a garden with an irrigation system, solar panels, raising chickens and some livestock, etc.
I have visited there and it's one of the few residences I've ever been to where you can do a full 360 degree revolution while standing on their property and all you see is nature except for their small prairie home...no other buildings, power lines, or structures owned by anyone else in sight. Also, the air there is wonderful; there's a faint scent of sage all the time.
