Let’s talk Montana…Got a bad attitude??? Please move along.

[Fetty Wapiti]

You get my vote for best username on Rokslide

Thanks bro!! I should note, I love montucky, but I am sure afraid for what the future may bring.

 

[peterk123]

I highly recommend you come out here in the winter and spend time feeling it out. Winters can be long and I think it's the one thing that people truly underestimate. You gotta love winters. Like, you really gotta love winters.

We live in Livingston. Great location. Freakin' windy as #$@!. We live a simple life. Small house, small yard. But we grow veggies and flowers. We hunt, fish, ski, mountain bike, hike, camp and ice fish. We've been here five years, originally from New England. We really enjoy winters here. I love the cold dry air. I prefer it over the summer, which can be a scorcher.

I'm minutes from the Yellowstone. Just since I've been here the amount of traffic on the river has become way to much. Quite frankly, I think fishing out here is a shitshow. But that's okay, I prefer my 2wt and tiny mountain creeks with small but hungry cutties. I love the solitude. Although I'm always looking out for that possible grizz around the corner

It's a great place to live. The important thing is to leave your way of life behind and embrace the Montana way of living. The changes I'm seeing just in my town, are not positive. It's sad to see.

 

[ewade07]

Like many others, we’re looking at moving here…but on a very serious level.
The dreams of living in the mountains off grid isn’t a reality because of my wife’s line of work (medical field). While that limits us to decently populated areas, I’m fine with the trade off.
Helena, Butte and Missoula (towards the bottom of the list) are the main 3 we are looking at.
I’m currently a hunting guide (waterfowl) but have plans of transitioning over into fly fishing and/or other means non-traditional income.
Looking for an area that is good for a growing family with younger kids.
Let’s have an honest conversation. Feel free to DM me if that would make you feel better.
Don’t be an arse with the “we’re full, move to ND”…those comments don’t add value to anyone’s life.

My brother lives in Helena and he loves it. Close to ALOT of everything, mountains, rivers, all kinds of hunting and fishing. Cost of living is a little higher but if you can manage it go for it. I dont know why Butte gets such a bad wrap. I would move there if I could convince the wife. Missoula.....that place is just weird to me.

 

[Schmo]

@WildBoose,
Have you considered near Great Falls? It’s not that the town is anything special, but a good medical system your wife could get into probably fairly easily. Buy 30 minutes outside of town and be okay.

 

[Team4LongGun]

I highly recommend you come out here in the winter and spend time feeling it out. Winters can be long and I think it's the one thing that people truly underestimate. You gotta love winters. Like, you really gotta love winters.

We live in Livingston. Great location. Freakin' windy as #$@!. We live a simple life. Small house, small yard. But we grow veggies and flowers. We hunt, fish, ski, mountain bike, hike, camp and ice fish. We've been here five years, originally from New England. We really enjoy winters here. I love the cold dry air. I prefer it over the summer, which can be a scorcher.

I'm minutes from the Yellowstone. Just since I've been here the amount of traffic on the river has become way to much. Quite frankly, I think fishing out here is a shitshow. But that's okay, I prefer my 2wt and tiny mountain creeks with small but hungry cutties. I love the solitude. Although I'm always looking out for that possible grizz around the corner

It's a great place to live. The important thing is to leave your way of life behind and embrace the Montana way of living. The changes I'm seeing just in my town, are not positive. It's sad to see.

Peter nailed it-well said. Especially the embracing of how things are here!

Except I find the winter thing way overblown. The median temp is 10 degrees cooler on average, year round from my birthplace in PA. But...I live for snow and snowmobiling, so I am biased.

 

[MTtrout]

Man when I moved to Montana I used a road atlas to see where the state was and the highways to get me there.

Everyone views the values of their town differently, OP. Asking the question “where should I move” is like asking how to “hunt elk”. Grab your undercarriage and move where is best for you and your family.

 

[Buzzy73]

I think each town/area is so different. Some areas are more accepting of outsiders than others. We found the Bitterroot (Missoula South) and Flathead (Kalispell) to be easy to fit in and find similar people. Butte/Anaconda/Dillon is very tight knit and most everyone is related somehow so a little harder to get in. That being said, I would never live in either of the first two places again. Too many people now, you have to fight to find a parking spot at the trailheads regardless of the season. Bozeman Livingston has similar congestion. Finding properties outside of town is extremely difficult anywhere on the west side, especially with any acreage. Probably should wait until all these retired 401k millionaires realize the dream retirement in Montana wears off after a few years.


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[North of 60]

Some helpful feedback in this thread.

 

[Flatgo]

I’ve heard Lame Deer is a real up in coming town.

 

[Marbles]

Man when I moved to Montana I used a road atlas to see where the state was and the highways to get me there.

Everyone views the values of their town differently, OP. Asking the question “where should I move” is like asking how to “hunt elk”. Grab your undercarriage and move where is best for you and your family.

Yeah, pick some basic requirements (such as access to mountains), identify every place that might have a job that meets those basic requirements, then start applying.

I've never understood overthinking a move. My first time in AK was driving off the ferry with my wife and dog, a job that started in a week, and no place to stay other than a hotel and needing to pick my truck and a uhaul trailer up from the barge line.

2 years later we picked up and moved over 700 miles to Anchorage.

If you want something, you make it work. Of course, I feel the same about marriage. Met my wife in February, 2009 and married her in September. So I'm probably not built like most modern men.

 

[insanelupus]

Please remember when y'all move out here;

1. A little humility goes a long way

2. Many are quite confident of what they want, where they are going, and where they came from originally. Life has a way of taking idyllic confidence and battering it against harsh reality.

3. Don't forget #1.

4. Support systems have to be rebuilt when relocating. Friends, neighbors, co-workers, there are a lot of different stories in MT these days. Many are fascinating, some make you shake your head, and still others impossible to believe. For some MT is a lifestyle, some a season, and some an experiment. And amongst it all is an unsettling, constant change, which almost always contains an element of unpredictability.

5. Please don't forget #1 and refer back to it often.

Enjoy MT.

 

[Deadspace]

Drove through Missoula the other day, saw this outside of town. Montana is changing.

 

[kingfisher]

Lived in Kalispell for 5 years, Missoula for 5 years. 5-6 hours to good elk hunting in my opinion from Kalispell. State is indeed changing - ruined in my opinion. Sad to see. Hunting isn't what YouTube and TV make it out to be, and hunting is getting harder. With that said, it would be a great place to raise a family. Wife and I are both medical and worked there. Message if questions about job market.

 

[khart_6882]

The 3 forks strip club must be wild on a Tuesday night when the A team is off


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You’ll see some A’s and B’s and a couple c section scars